Treeless Mountain
Treeless Mountain is a 2008 South Korean drama film written and directed by So Yong Kim. It stars Hee Yeon Kim, Song Hee Kim, Soo Ah Lee, Mi Hyang Kim, and Boon Tak Park. The film premiered on September 5, 2008, at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival and was given a limited release in the United States on April 22, 2009.
Plot
Jin is a bright young girl who lives with her mother and younger sister, Bin. She does well in school but is sometimes distracted from her family duties and occasionally wets the bed. One day she comes home to discover people removing the furniture from the family apartment. Her mother takes her and Bin to stay with "Big Aunt", their paternal aunt, who lives outside the city. The girls' mother leaves them a piggy bank and tells them that their aunt will give them change for their good behavior, and when it is full she will come back.
More details
author | So Yong Kim |
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contentLocation | Seoul |
director | So Yong Kim |
editor | Bradley Rust Gray So Yong Kim |
events | dysfunctional family |
genre | drama |
keywords | bus stop cell phone cry down syndrome eat fall grasshopper hung over id making money piggy bank pinky swear young girl young man |
musicBy | Eric Offin |
producer | Bradley Rust Gray Lars Knudsen |
publisher | Oscilloscope Pictures |
recordedAt | Seoul |
theme | independent south korean |