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The Preparation

2017 · 114 min Drama
7.0 / 10 · TMDB

In-gyu has intellectual disability. His mother, Ae-soon, takes care of him, nagging him all the time. One day, she is diagnosed with terminal cancer and prepares for her son's independence.

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Original Title 채비
Year 2017
Country South Korea
Genre Drama
Director Cho Young-jun
Runtime 114 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.0/10 (6 votes)

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The film sidesteps easy sentimentality, portraying the mother-son bond with a raw, almost documentary-like honesty. The focus is not on the illness itself, but on the agonizing, tender process of 'training' for life, where every mundane task becomes a vital lesson.

What lingers after viewing is a poignant, unvarnished meditation on parental love bordering on obsession, and the painful cost of independence. It leaves not a sense of despair, but a bittersweet awareness of the resilience of human connection. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Cho Young-jun

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