My Mother and Her Guest
Sarangbang Sonnimgwa Eomeoni

South Korea, 1961, 103 min, 35mm
In Korean with English subtitles

Directed By: Shin Sang-ok
Screenwriters: Ju Yo-seob, Lim Hee-jae
Writers: Ju Yo-seob, Lim Hee-jae
Producer: Shin Sang-ok
Cinematographer: Choi Su-yeong
Editor: Yang Seong-ran
Cast: Kim Jin-kyu, Choi Eun-hee, Kim Hee-gap, Do Keum-bong

In a storied career that includes being kidnapped to North Korea on orders from Kim Jong-il and being revered as one of the three pillars of South Korean cinema, director Shin Sang-ok has often fused eroticism, visual lyricism, and social critique. My Mother and Her Guest is a classic of South Korea’s Golden Age cinema, a subtle work of longing told from the perspective of a precocious young girl. Shin’s wife, the renowned Korean actress Choi Eun-hee, plays a widow torn between propriety and her feelings for an artist renting a room in her rural home.

Screening Schedule

Date Time Venue Tickets  Sat, Jun 24 7:00 pm UCLA James Bridges Theater $10

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