Presented as part of Bijou Horizons - Horizons highlights world cinema in conjunction with UI academic departments and cultural groups to broaden understanding of diverse cultures through film.

Free for UI students with valid ID. $5 for the general public.

MOTHER

"Bold, unpredictable and quietly devastating, Mother is Bong's first masterpiece." --Tom Huddleston, Time Out

"An absolutely phenomenal film. Some of the best movie surprises I've seen in years. This is filmmaking of a high order." --Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal

Hye-ja is a single mom to 27-year-old Do-joon. Her son is her raison d'être. Though an adult in years, Do-joon is naïve and dependent on his mother and a constant source of anxiety, often behaving in ways that are foolish or simply dangerous. Walking home alone one night down a nearly empty city street, he encounters a young girl who he follows for a while before she disappears into a dark alley. The next morning, she is found dead in an abandoned building and Do-joon is accused of her murder. Thanks to an inefficient lawyer and an apathetic police force, Do-joon's case is quickly closed, but his mother refuses to let this be the end of the story.