Widowed for a long time, a mother lives alone with her only son, Do-joon, a shy and quiet young man. In the aftermath of a terrible murder, the woman’s hopeless, helpless son becomes the prime suspect. Eager to close the case, the police arrests him. His defense attorney turns out to be incompetent and unreliable, making a conviction seem inevitable. Faced with no other choice, his mother gets involved, determined to prove her son’s innocence.
Madeo
Joon-ho Bong
IndieLisboa 2010 •
Korea South, Fiction, 129′