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Movie Review – Mother (Why did Mother dance?)

In this blog post, I would like to look back at the meaning of motherhood, guilt, and oblivion through the film “Mother” by director Bong Joon-ho.   The concept of “motherhood” is often associated with warm words such as unconditional love and devotion. However, the emotions of the mother played by Kim Hye-ja in the movie Mother toward her son cannot be simply explained by the word “devotion...