Synopsis
Lee So-seon, mother of the martyr Jeon Tae-il, passed away on September 3, 2011. The director of Mother says he made this film as he “wanted to lie on her lap and fall asleep while listening to her stories.” Mother is the last story Mrs. Lee told in the last days of her life. Following her daily life for more than one year, this film shows objects, spaces and landscapes she saw and touched. The sounds from her television and radio, the Bible and plants she kept, her quiet and soft monologues and murmurings, the scene of windows with raindrops, and the staircase and narrow alley she must have walked down – all of these scenes show her 40-year-long lonely yet strong life. For her entire life, Lee So-seon, the ‘mother of the workers’, lived a heart-warming life in solidarity with underprivileged people and Changsin-dong has become a home to her old friends who shared life with her. Mother is a film of consolation and encouragement to all mothers of the world who have to bear the burden of a hard-hearted world. (PARK Hye-mi)
※ Funded by DMZ Docs Project 2010
Director
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TAE Jun-seekBorn in Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, 1971. He worked as a member of Labor News Production, an indie film production group, from 1995 to 2002. He created Days of Human, Phill Soong Ver 2.0 - The Song on the Road, Shared Street, and Your War and My War. He aspires to live on and express himself through documentary films, always keeping his eyes open.
당신과 나의 전쟁 (2010)
샘터분식 Shared Street (2008)
필승 ver2.0 연영석 Phill Soong Ver 2.0 - The Song on the Road (2007)
필승 ver1.0 주봉희 To the Bitter End ver1.0 Bong hee JOO (2003)
인간의 시간 Days of Human (2000)
Credits
- Director, Editor TAE Jun-seek
- Producer KIM Hwa-Beom
- Cinematographers TAE Jun-seek, SON Kyung-hwa, SHIN Im-ho
- Music 이아립 LEE A-rip
Production Company
- Production Company ‘Mother’ Production Commmitee
Distribution / World Sales
- Distribution / World Sales ‘Mother’ Production Commmitee