Korean Movie Night: Goodbye Mom

When:Tuesday November 23, 2010
Time:7:00pm
Where:Tribeca Cinemas
54 Varick Street
Manhattan, NY
Cost:Free

The Korean Culture Society continues its Free Korean Movie Night with a Free Screening of Goodbye Mom.

Synopsis of Goodbye Mom:

A massive word-of-mouth hit in Korea, GOODBYE MOM is a brawling, bawling, no-holds-barred depiction of the most complicated relationship in the world: mother and daughter. Ae-Ja (Choi Kang-Hee) was a high school golden child, an ace writer who had everyone convinced she was going to be the Korean Tolstoy. Jump forward 10 years, and she¡¯s a 29-year-old with a mountain of debt, no career and only a single writing prize from a local paper to her name. Hounding her to get married and grow up is her mom (Kim Young-Ae), with whom she has the kind of relationship a boxer has with his opponent: they¡¯re going to keep duking it out in the ring until one of them goes down. Meticulously observed, made without any flash, this is a showcase for these two actresses to strut their stuff, and Kim Young-Ae, coming out of a three-year retirement, owns the screen as a mom who¡¯s going out, but who¡¯s determined not to go quietly. You don¡¯t want to miss the movie that everyone¡¯s been talking about in Korea.