My Mother, the Mermaid

My Mother, the Mermaid

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Hangul 인어공주
Hanja 人漁公主
Revised Romanization Ineogongju
McCune–Reischauer Inŏkongju
Directed by Park Heung-shik
Produced by Lee Joon-dong
Written by Park Heung-shik
Song Hye-jin
Starring Jeon Do-yeon
Park Hae-il
Go Doo-shim
Music by Jo Seong-woo
Cinematography Choi Young-taek
Edited by Kim Yang-il
Distributed by CJ Entertainment
Release dates
  • June 30, 2004
Running time
 110 minutes
Country South Korea
Language Korean

My Mother, the Mermaid (Hangul: 인어공주; hanja: 人漁公主; RR: Ineo gongju; lit. "The Mermaid Princess") is a 2004 South Korean film about a young woman who quarrels with her mother but is somehow transported back in time and sees her parents' courtship. In her youth, her mother was a haenyeo, a traditional freediver.[1][2][3]

Synopsis

Na-young (Jeon Do-yeon) is an office worker who lives with her seemingly emotionally non-existent father Jin-kook (Kim Bong-geun), and loud cynical mother Yeon-soon (Go Doo-shim). As time passes she is becoming more and more like her mother Yeon-soon.

One day her father suddenly disappears and she skips her international airplane flight to find him. By entering her father's hometown she is somehow transported back in time to when her parents' relationship was just beginning. She meets her mother, now a poor young woman(Jeon Do-yeon) working hard as a haenyo to send her younger brother to school to get the education she never received. Her father is a charming man (Park Hae-il) who delivers the mail, to be more precise about his work he is postmaster who delivers mails all over the town where her mother used to live; he befriends and teaches Yeon-soon how to read and write.

Na-young is taken in by the young Yeon-soon and, as they are now roughly the same age, the two become very close. Na-young is able to experience the trials, heartbreaks, and celebrations of Yeon-soon before she herself is suddenly transported back into the present time.

Awards and nominations

2004 Busan Film Critics Awards[4]

2004 Blue Dragon Film Awards

2004 Korean Film Awards

2004 Director's Cut Awards

2005 Baeksang Arts Awards

2005 Chunsa Film Art Awards

2005 Grand Bell Awards

References

  1. ↑ Kim, Gab-sik (15 June 2004). "Did My Mom Love Like That?". The Dong-a Ilbo. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
  2. ↑ Elley, Derek (9 August 2004). "My Mother the Mermaid". Variety. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
  3. ↑ Kim, Kyu Hyun. "My Mother, the Mermaid". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
  4. ↑ "My Mother, the Mermaid - Awards". Cinemasie. Retrieved 2012-12-23.

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