Rent Treeless Mountain (2008)
3.6 of 5 from 81 ratings
1h 29min
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- Synopsis:
When their mother needs to leave in order to find their estranged father, seven year old Jin and her younger sister, Bin, are left to live with their Big Aunt for the summer. With only a small piggy bank and their mother's promise to return when it is full, the two young girls are forced to acclimate to changes in their family life. Counting the days, and the coins, the two bright-eyed young girls eagerly anticipate their mother's homecoming. But when the bank fills up, and with their mother still not back, Big Aunt decides that she can no longer tend to the children. Taken to live on their grandparent's farm, it is here that Jin comes to learn the importance of family bonds in this beautiful, meditative, and thought-provoking second feature from So Yong Kim, the acclaimed director of In Between Days. - Actors:
- Chae Gil Byung, Jung Gil Ja, Shin Hyun Je, Kim Mi Jung, Hee-yeon Kim, Mi-hyang Kim, Song-hee Kim, Soo-ah Lee, Sung Sook Lee, Lee Hyun Seo, Park Boon Tak
- Directors:
- So Yong Kim
- Producers:
- Bradley Rust Gray, Ben Howe, So Yong Kim, Lars Knudsen, Jay Van Hoy
- Studio:
- Soda Pictures
- Genres:
- Drama
- Collections:
- New waves of Korean Cinema
- Countries:
- Korea
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Reviews (1) of Treeless Mountain
Small, quiet, brilliant - Treeless Mountain review by CW
I chose this movie because So Yong Kim directed For Ellen where she produced a wrenching painful exceptional performance from the actor Paul Dano. Treeless Mountain is the story of two young girls who are left by their mother in the care of an aunt who is pretty clueless about how to deal with children.The mother has gone to find her husband, the girls’ father. The aunt does her best but the girls are left pretty much on their own and the older girl Jin is not able to continue going to school where she was the smartest student. Before leaving the mother gave Jin and younger sister Din a piggy bank and said when it was full she would return to them. The girls do all they can to get coins. The mother writes that she is not returning. The aunt takes them to their grandparents’ farm. The grandfather doesn’t want them but the grandmother adores them, teaches them and makes them feel loved. There is no Hollywood wrap it all up happy ending. We just know that for now the girls are safe. Fabulous acting, like real life from the two child actors.
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