Don't Cry Mommy (Korean: 돈 크라이 마미; RR: Don keurai Mami) 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.[2] It premiered at the 2012 Busan International Film Festival before its theatrical release.[3]

Don't Cry Mommy
Hangul	돈 크라이 마미
Revised Romanization	Don keura-i Mami
McCune–Reischauer	Ton k'ŭra-i Mami
Directed by	Kim Yong-han
Written by	Lee Sang-hyeon Yoon Seon-hee Kim Yong-han
Produced by	Kim Yoon-oh Son Yoo-jin
Starring	Yoo Sun Nam Bo-ra Yu Oh-seong
Cinematography	Jeong Han-cheol
Edited by	Kim Mi-joo
Music by	Lee Jong-soo Seo Dae-yeon
Production companies	Cinema Golbangi Productions, Daisy Entertainment
Distributed by	SBS Contents Hub
Release dates	October 8, 2012 (2012-10-08) (BIFF) November 22, 2012 (2012-11-22) (South Korea)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	$6,181,134[1]

The film was inspired by Kim Bu-Nam case.^{[clarification needed]} 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."[4][5]

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 .[6]

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[7]
• 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

External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• Don't Cry Mommy at the Korean Movie Database
• Don't Cry Mommy at IMDb
• Don't Cry Mommy at HanCinema