A Mother Youngsoon (2022)

Original title: 엄마, 영순 · Released 2022-09-24 · 85 min · Documentary

Youngsoon defected from North Korea in 2007. Her husband killed himself and her eldest son is in North Korea. She does her best for her little son who came with her. But he thinks that his mother only loved his big brother in the North and resents her for having brought him to South Korea only to be stigamatised as North Korean defector. Youngsoon, who was born as the daughter of a South Korean prisoner of war detained in North Korea, was always poor and her only hope was her eldest son with exceptional talents. To her, her little son is more work than hope.

Directed by

Lee Chang-jun (이창준)

Cinematography

Lee Chang-jun (이창준)

Editing

Lee Chang-jun (이창준)

Music

Lee Chang-jun (이창준)

Companies

봄저너머 미디어

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