Juvenile Offender (2012)

Original title

범죄소년

Directed by

Kang Yi-Kwan

Genre

drama film, teen film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

15

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage boy is released from a correctional facility and tries to build a relationship with his mother who abandoned him at birth. Their reunion is complicated by his past and her difficult present.

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What happens

Juvenile Offender (Korean: 범죄소년; RR: Beomjoesonyeon; lit. 'Crime Boys') is a 2012 South Korean drama film about a teenage criminal who reunites with his mother, who gave him up at birth. It won the Special Jury Prize at the 25th Tokyo International Film Festival, and Best Actor for Seo Young-Joo. It was also awarded the Lino Brocka Grand Prize and Best Actor at the 14th Cinemanila International Film Festival as well as Best Children's Feature Film at the 2013 Asia Pacific Screen Awards. The film was selected as the South Korean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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