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Sang-woo’s mother needs to find a job so she takes her son to the countryside to stay with his grandmother, who he’s never met. Sang-woo is a real city-slicker, crazy about video games and super-heroes. Finding himself in an isolated rural setting with none of his familiar reference points and alone with a silent, slow-moving old woman is a difficult experience. But he is also moody and disagreeable, and his grandmother will need to use lots of understanding and patience to deal with her scornful grandson. Eschewing sentimentality and using treasures of sensitivity and humor, the director reveals how, little by little, the two manage to communicate with, and come to love one another.
97 min
Directed by Jeong-Hyang Lee
Cast: Eul-Boon Kim, Kyung-Hoon Min, Seung-Ho Yoo
Jeon-Hyang Lee