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Wikipedia article
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| name = Don't Cry Mommy
| image = File:Don't Cry Mommy poster.jpg
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| director = Kim Yong-han
| producer = Kim Yoon-oh
Son Yoo-jin
| writer = Lee Sang-hyeon
Yoon Seon-hee
Kim Yong-han
| narrator =
| starring = Yoo Sun
Nam Bo-ra
Yu Oh-seong
| music = Lee Jong-soo
Seo Dae-yeon
| cinematography = Jeong Han-cheol
| editing = Kim Mi-joo
| studio = Cinema Golbangi Productions, Daisy Entertainment
| distributor = SBS Contents Hub
| released =
| runtime = 92 minutes
| country = South Korea
| language = Korean
| budget =
| gross = $6,181,134[https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2012W49&id=_fDONTCRYMOMMY01 "Don't Cry Mommy (2012)"]. 'Box Office Mojo'. Retrieved 2013-04-05.
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'Don't Cry Mommy' is a 2012 South Korean crime drama film directed by Kim Yong-han. The story was about a mother's revenge against her daughter's rapists. It premiered at the 2012 Busan International Film Festival before its theatrical release.
The film was inspired by Kim Bu-Nam case. Director Kim Yong-han said he wanted to raise awareness about sex crimes by charting "the tragic course of the lives of victims and their families as vividly as possible. Sexual abuse is like devastating a human's soul."Ji, Yong-jin (7 December 2012). [http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/interview.jsp?blbdComCd=601019&seq=15&mode=INTERVIEW_VIEW "KIM Yong-han, Director of DONT CRY MOMMY: Zoom in on Society Through a Directors Eyes"]. 'Korean Film Council'. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
Plot
Recently divorced, Yoo-lim (Yoo Sun) now lives with her only daughter, Eun-ah (Nam Bo-ra). Upon arriving at her new school, Eun-ah is frequently picked on, though she has feelings for classmate Jo-han (Shin Dongho). One day she is brutally raped by Jo-han and his friends who threaten to upload footage of the rape online to keep her quiet. Unable to cope with the trauma she was forced to endure, Eun-ah takes her own life. As all of the boys involved in the rape are still minors, the law is helpless to prosecute them to the fullest extent possible, and they walk away with little more than a slap on the wrist. Despite the police detective Oh's attempts to appease her, Yoo lim was still filled with frustration and anger. Hence, You-lim then sets out to make the boys' lives a living hell. She was about to kill Jo-han first but when he lied that it was his friend's plan to rape Eun-ah, she went ahead to brutally murder the two Jo-han mentioned. When Yoo-lim realised that it was Jo-han whom was behind all of this, she entered his school and attempts to kill him, but police detective Oh, investigating Eun-ah's death rushes over to stop her. When confronted, Yoo-lim, having had enough of all she had to go through, makes an attempt to deliver the fatal blow, forcing detective Oh to shoot her with his gun, killing her .
Cast
* Yoo Sun as Yoo-lim
* Nam Bo-ra as Eun-ah, daughter of Yoo-lim
* Shin Dongho as Jo-han, schoolmate of Eun-ah
* Yu Oh-seong as police detective
* Kwon Hyun-sang as Park Joon
* Choi Dae-chul as Yoo-lim's ex-husband
Awards and nominations
2013 Baeksang Arts Awards
*Nomination - Best New Actress - Nam Bo-ra
2013 Blue Dragon Film Awards
*Nomination - Best New Actress - Nam Bo-ra
References
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