Goodbye Mom

2009 South Korean film
  • September 9, 2009 (2009-09-09)
Running time
110 minutesCountrySouth KoreaLanguageKoreanBox officeUS$12.6 million[1]

Goodbye Mom (Korean: 애자; RR: Ae-ja) is a 2009 South Korean comedy drama film written and directed by Jeong Gi-hun in his feature debut. Starring Choi Kang-hee and Kim Young-ae, it depicts the story of an unsuccessful writer and her tumultuous relationship with her mother. A box office hit with more than 1.9 million admissions, Jeong also won Best Director for Asian New Talent Award at the 2010 Shanghai International Film Festival.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Cast

  • Choi Kang-hee as Park Ae-ja
  • Kim Young-ae as Choi Young-hee
  • Bae Soo-bin as Cheol-min
  • Choi Il-hwa as Doctor Dong-pal
  • Seong byeong-sook as Fish market lady
  • Sa Hyun-jin as Hyun-jin
  • Kim Jae-man as Min-seok
    • Baek Seung-hwan as young Min-seok
  • Jang Young-nam as Editor
  • Jung Hye-sun as Female monk
  • Shin Jung-geun as Joon-won
  • Oh Yeon-ah as Min-jung

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2009 46th Grand Bell Awards Best Director Jeong Gi-hun Nominated
Best Actress Choi Kang-hee Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Kim Young-ae Won
Best Screenplay Jeong Gi-hun Nominated
30th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Actress Choi Kang-hee Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Kim Young-ae Nominated
Best New Director Jeong Gi-hun Nominated
Best Screenplay Jeong Gi-hun Nominated
Popular Star Award Choi Kang-hee Won
2010 46th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actress (Film) Choi Kang-hee Nominated
Most Popular - Actress (Film) Choi Kang-hee Won
Best New Director (Film) Jeong Gi-hun Nominated
13th Shanghai International Film Festival Best Director for Asian New Talent Award Jeong Gi-hun Won

References

  1. ^ "Goodbye Mom (2009)". Korean Film Biz Zone.
  2. ^ "[K-FILM REVIEWS] 애자 (Goodbye Mom)". Screen Anarchy. 3 December 2009. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  3. ^ Lee, Hyo-won (27 August 2009). "Actresses Shine Thru Tears in Aeja". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  4. ^ Song, Woong-ki (2 October 2009). "Aeja, perfect film for Chuseok". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  5. ^ Kim, Lynn (9 September 2009). "New film Aeja selling most advance tickets". 10Asia. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  6. ^ "Goodbye Mom (2009)". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  7. ^ "Finecut dials up Love 911". Korean Film Biz Zone. 14 March 2012. Retrieved 2017-03-18.

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