Goodbye Mom

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Movie: Goodbye Mom (International English title) / Aeja (literal title)
Revised romanization: Aeja
Hangul: 애자
Director: Jeong Ki-Hun
Writer: Jeong Ki-Hun, Yoon Ae-Ri (original story)
Producer: Kim Sang-Min
Cinematographer: Park Yong-Soo
Release Date: September 9, 2009
Runtime: 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Distributor: Synergy
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot

Aeja (Choi Gang-Hee) was once a promising student. Not only did she do well in school, she also loved to write poetry on rainy days & also possessed excellent fighting skills. Her dream was to become a novelist and a few years later she moved to Seoul to fulfill those dreams.

Aeja is now 29 years old and has not achieved any of the success she has hoped for. Her only accomplishment to date is winning an award from a local newspaper organziation. Meanwhile, Aeja's personal life is not much better off. Her boyfriend cheated on her and eventually ran off leaving behind large amounts of debt. Aeja was nearly pushed to the edge, but then channels her energy into a writing contest that offers a large reward.

While writing for the contest Aeja receives a message from her mother asking her to come back to Busan for her brother's wedding. Aeja's mother has always been tough on her and when she goes back to Busan her mother treats her no different. Then one day, Aeja's mother suddenly collapses and her world starts shaking from the seams.

Notes

"Aeja" opened #1 at the box office taking in a total of 301,818 viewers over its opening weekend and 389,409 over its first 5 day period. The film screened on a total 428 screens and accounted for 22.6% of all tickets sold during its opening weekend weekend.
Through its theatrical run "Aeja" sold a total of 1,904,713 tickets and stayed in the weekend top ten for 7 consecutive weeks.

Cast



Choi Gang-Hee	Kim Yeong-Ae
Aeja	Yeong-hee



Bae Soo-Bin	Jang Yeong-Nam	Choi Il-Hwa	Kim Jae-Man
Cheol-min	Editor	Dong-pal	Min-seok

Additional Cast Members:

Sa Hyeon-Jin - Hyeon-jin
Song Min-Ji - Sun-yeong
Kim In-Seo - Ho-jeong
Kim Si-Yeong - Hyo-ri
Jeong Hye-Seon - Buddhist monk grandmother
Shin Jeong-Keun - Jun-won
Lee Se-Rang - Dr. Yeo-su
Oh Woo-Jung
Seong Byeong-Suk - Jagalchi Ahjumma
Joo Hye-Rin - young Aeja
Lee Dal-Hyeong
Lee Jung-Joon
Yun Ju-Yeong - Jung-Ah
Kim Sung-Tae - Chang-Wan
Baek Seung-Hwan - Min-Seok (young)

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Film Festivals

2010 (11th) Jeonju International Film Festival - April 29-May 7 - Cinemafest: Outdoor Screening

Awards

"Best Supporting Actress" (Kim Yeong-Ae) - 2009 (46th) Daejong Film Awards - Nov. 6th

Comments

Comment #3
SoFF-OnE Says:
Sep 16 2010 1:39 am

must watch..definitely recommanded
Comment #2
Kyongmin Says:
Mar 29 2010 8:53 pm

@Eunwook
I don't know what you mean by saying that there aren't any famous actors or actresses in this movie because Kim Yeong-Ae is a very well-known actress with extraordinary acting skills and that goes for Choi Kang-hee as well.

But I will agree with Eunwook in that this movie was amazing. I just watched it literally 12 minutes ago with my parents and I can't get it out of my head. The generic story plot is the same, but what really sets it apart as another one of those coming-of-age stories revolving around a mother and daughter at ends is Kim Yeong-Ae and Choi Kang-hee's amazing acting. Their acting evokes the deepest and heartbreaking emotions from their entire audience and you can't help but watch the characters break down completely and then learn to build themselves back up. I love what Eunwook said about the ending not trying to squeeze tears from people because that's exactly what my mother and I agreed on. The movie doesn't force an emotional response, you just lose yourself in it. Amazing actors, amazing story, and an amazing movie.
Comment #1
Eunwook Says:
Sep 14 2009 12:19 am

i didn't expect too much from Aeja. not a famous actors or actress and story between mom and daugher seems old fashioned. looked so obvious to me. but the movie was awesome. u know the mom and daughter's relationship kind of love and hate circle. the emotions they got as a mom and daugher described very realistically. i have to say two actress Kang-hee Choi and Yeong-ae Kim their actings are briliant while i was watching them i felt like it reminded me of me and my mom and completely. ending was sad but not tring to squeeze tears from people i just shed tears from my heart. all of audiances were women and i heard them tearing. i love this movie that is the best movie for me with Failan and Chaser.