Stars: Kim Eul-Boon, Yu Seung-Ho, Min Kyung-Hun, Yim Eun-Kyung

Director: Lee Jung-Hyang

Summary: Seven year old Sang-Woo is sent to live with his Grandmother in the country for a while to give his mother a break. Sang-Woo is not at all impressed with his grandmother and prefers to spend his time playing his video game. Eventually he realises just how much she means to him.

This subtle and bucolic Korean film is "dedicated to all grandmas" by its director Jeong-hyang Lee. The story concerns bratty, selfish seven-year-old Sang-Woo (Seung-Ho Yoo) who is sent out into the mountains to live with his ancient, mute, partially deaf grandmother (Eul-Boon Kim) while his stressed-out single mum looks for work back in the city. Angry and resentful, the boy is bored with his new life of simple food, sleeping on the floor in a one-room hut, and having nowhere to buy batteries for his dying handheld video game. Eventually Grandma's humble patience and unconditional love get through to him, and there's plenty of space for comic vignettes and moving moments of stillness along the way. The boy's hyper world of sweets and toys contrasts with grandma's slow, natural environment and allows for contemplation on our rapidly changing culture. This is the second film from Ms. Lee, whose cast consists largely of inexperienced locals from the village where she shot the film. Eul-Boon Kim is a particularly amazing discovery as the grandmother; she had never even seen a movie before being cast.

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Main Language:	Korean
Region:	Region 2
Subtitles:	English
Year:	2002
Release Date:	April 5, 2004
Runtime:	80 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	P H E 8439
Keywords:	Way, Home, Subtitled, General, Drama, Korean
Genre:	Drama