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So Won (2013)

So Won poster
Original title
소원
Directed by
Boris Lojkine, Lee Joon-ik
Genre
drama film
Country
South Korea
Runtime
2h 02m
Rated
G
Rating
8.4 of 10 from 886 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An 8 year old girl is brutally attacked by a stranger. The film follows her family as they cope with the aftermath and seek justice in court.

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What happens

Hope (Korean: 소원; RR: Sowon), also known as Wish, is a 2013 South Korean tragedy film directed by Lee Joon-ik, starring Sul Kyung-gu, Uhm Ji-won and Lee Re. It won Best Film at the 34th Blue Dragon Film Awards. The film is based on a true story, the infamous Cho Doo-soon case in 2008, in which an 8-year-old girl, named "Na-young" in the South Korean press, was raped and beaten by a 57-year-old man in a public bathroom. The court sentenced the man to only 12 years in prison, which caused outrage in the country due to the brutality of the crime and the man's history of physical and sexual violence. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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