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A Reason to Live (2011 film)
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Wikipedia article
'A Reason to Live' (; lit. "Today") is a 2011 South Korean film written and directed by Lee Jeong-hyang. It stars Song Hye-kyo as a director who forgives a teenage boy for killing her fianc. It premiered at the 2011 Busan International Film Festival,[http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/09/20/2011092000535.html "Song Hye-kyo's New Movie to Premier at Busan Int'l Film Festival"]. 'The Chosun Ilbo'. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-03.[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/a-reason-live-busan-film-245844 "A Reason to Live: Busan Film Review"]. 'The Hollywood Reporter'. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-12. and was released in theaters on October 27, 2011. It received 131,194 admissions.[http://www.hancinema.net/korean_boxoffice.php?weekend=2011.11.18+~+2011.11.20 "Korean Box Office"]. 'Hancinema'. Retrieved 2013-01-06.
Plot
Documentary filmmaker Da-hae (Song Hye-kyo) loses her fianc by a hit and run accident on her birthday. But she forgives the criminal who was a 15-year-old boy based on her belief as a Catholic and signs a petition for him to revoke the juvenile's death penalty. One year later, Da-hae is commissioned by the Catholic Church to make a documentary on the inhumanity of capital punishment. However, her moral convictions and desire to be compassionate are seriously questioned when she finds out that the teenage driver killed a classmate, not long after his reprieve.[http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/10/28/2011102801122.html "A Reason to Live (2011)"]. 'The Chosun Ilbo'. 28 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
Cast
* Song Hye-kyo as Da-hae
* Nam Ji-hyun as Ji-min
* Song Chang-eui as Ji-suk
* Ki Tae-young as Sang-woo
* Kim Ji-young as young Da-hae
* Kim Kwak-kyung-hee as Store owner
* Joo In-young as Baby's mother
References
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