Pieta

Director: Kim Ki-duk
Writer: Kim Ki-Duk
Cast: Min-soo Cho, Jung-jin Lee, Eunjin Kang, Jae-rok Kim, Jin Yong-Ok
Language: Korean
Theatrical Release Date: May 17, 2013
Festivals: Toronto International Film Festival

Synopsis: In the new film by controversial Korean auteur Kim Ki-duk, a brutal man employed by a loan shark is forced to reconsider his violent lifestyle when a mysterious woman appears claiming to be his long-lost mother. But, as his attachment to her grows, he begins to discover the gruesome and tragic secret that made her seek him out. [Synopsis courtesy of TIFF]

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