“Hope” was director Lee Joon-ik's comeback after a brief two-year hiatus (Battlefield Heroes, 2011). It also won Best Film at the 34th Blue Dragon awards. The script is based on a true story of an 8-year-old girl named Na-young, who was beaten and raped by a drunk 57-year-old man, in a public bathroom.
The story begins with an ordinary family living in a small town, owning a grocery store named after their daughter So-won (Lee Re), whose name means «hope». The father (Sol Kyung-gu) and the mother (Uhm Ji-won) are highly overworked and as a result, their cheerful, free-spirited child is often on her own, playing and watching television. That ordinary happy life of hers suddenly changes, due to a heinous act. One day while going to school, So-won is followed by a drunk old man (Gang Seong-hae). That meeting of theirs, finds the little girl in a construction site, where she ends up brutally beaten and raped. She is rushed into a hospital, with the parents left to cope not only with the physical and mental pain, but also, with the legal process of serving justice.
“Hope” is not a movie for everyone due to the cruelty depicted, especially during the rape scene. Lee Joon-ik, however, presents the difficult subject matter with a gentle approach, not showing anything very graphic, respecting little So-won in her most vulnerable moment. The life-changing event makes the feelings that surface difficult to digest. How could you heal a scar like So-won's? Despite the film being devastatingly sad, there are some scenes that are cheerful and joyful, allowing the audience to cope with the family's distress. Also, the story strays away from the typical mother-daughter bond, which is somewhat absent, because the mom withdraws herself in order to heal, as she deals with an ongoing pregnancy.
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Furthermore, it is filled with outstanding performances that lead to an emotional roller-coaster ride that unveils for two-hours long. Taking the reins in her own hands, the 7-year-old at that time Lee Re, gives an unforgettable performance, both somewhat comical and dramatic, especially in the difficult hospital scene. In addition, Sol Kyung-gu in one of his finest career moments, wins the audience with his acting skills and this led him to receive the award of Best Actor at Baeksang Art awards in 2014. A very powerful scene takes place when the dad, who is desperately trying to reconnect with his scarfaced child, who is negatively affected by male figures, is trying to undress her and change her into other clothes.
As the story progresses, the well written script emerges as one of the best traits here. Screenwriters Kim Ji-hye and Jo Joong-hoon mix the pain and joy of human suffering into a movie about mental healing and family bonding. Apart from this, the gentle pacing implemented by Lee's direction builds up almost imperceptibly in a way that delivers the tension exactly as required. The difficulty of the subject, as well as the simplicity in direction and the necessary dramatic emotional close-ups, define the whole title.
“Hope” is definitely a heart-wrecking film, with the fact that it is based on an actually story making its impact even more intense. Lee Joon-ik, however achieves a great balance in order for the viewer to understand the particularly family hardships as much as the physical and mental adventure that So-won experienced.
Hope Or Dope
Please log in again. The login page will open in a new tab. After logging in you can close it and return to this page.Hope (Korean: 소원 ; RR: Sowon), also known as Wish, is a 2013 South Korean drama film directed by Lee Joon-ik, starring Sol Kyung-gu, Uhm Ji-won and Lee Re.
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 beat by a 57-year-old man in a public bathroom.
The court stced 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 violce.
Hope (south Korea, 2013); Aka Wish
A young girl named So-won lives an idyllic life with her working-class parts Dong-hoon and Mi-hee. One day on her way to school, So-won is kidnapped, beat and raped by a male stranger named Jong-sool before being left for dead. Fortunately, she survives and calls an ambulance.
The police notify Dong-hoon and Mi-hee of the attack and they rush to the emergcy ward. Upon their arrival at the hospital, they are horrified by the extt of So-won's injuries. So-won suffers from multiple internal injuries and has to undergo major surgeries. Dong-hoon is advised by a surgeon that So-won will have to wear a colostomy bag for the rest of her life. Once So-won regains consciousness, she will also have to idtify her attacker and testify in court with the help of Jung-sook, a psychiatrist.
So-won's attacker is arrested at his home. The case becomes a media ssation, much to the horror of her family and frids. Wh the reporters converge at the hospital, Dong-hoon takes So-won to a differt room and hides her from the media atttion. So-won exhibits symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and briefly mistakes her father for her attacker, screaming at him as he tries to fix her colostomy bag. Dong-hoon is heartbrok by this episode, and is further hurt wh So-won refuses to look at him or speak to him. Mi-hee faints and is hospitalized as well while trying to control the situation; later it is revealed that she is pregnant.
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Mi-hee initially refuses psychological help for her daughter as she wishes for So-won to resume her normal life. However, she relts after understanding her daughter's mtal state and lists the help of Jung-sook. Dong-hoon struggles to pay for medical expses and calls his frid and manager, Gwang-sik, with the intt of quitting his job to help take care of his family. Gwang-sik is aware of Dong-hoon's situation and convinces him to keep his job, also providing him with money to pay for So-won's medical bills.
Mi-hee and her frids rt mascot costumes to play with So-won to help cheer her up; this gives Dong-hoon the idea to hide underneath the costume of his daughter's favorite cartoon character, Cocomong, to communicate with her. So-won is unaware of who is underneath the costume, but she ops up to Cocomong and allows him to hug her. Gradually, So-won's physical condition improves and she can return home. During the car ride home, So-won vomits after passing the site where she was attacked. She and her parts are soon comforted as they notice that the local community has decorated their home with notes of couragemt. Mi-hee is touched as she sees that their home has also be cleaned during their absce.
Dong-hoon resumes work but also finds the time to dress up as Cocomong and accompany So-won on her way to and from school. Soon, her mtal state improves and she realises that her father has be hiding underneath the costume the tire time. Touched by his love and concern for her, she takes off the head of the costume and can look at her father for the first time since her hospitalisation.
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The family is worried about the upcoming trial as So-won has to testify against her attacker. With great effort, they attd the trial and So-won describes what happed during the attack and idtifies her attacker. Unfortunately, the man is only stced to 12 years in prison, angering So-won's family and frids. A fight breaks out in the courtroom with Dong-hoon intding to kill the attacker. So-won stops Dong-hoon and begs him to take her home. The family leaves the courtroom with little closure.
Sometime later, Mi-hee has giv birth to a son named So-mang and is congratulated by family and frids, including Jung-sook and Gwang-sik. In the closing narration, So-won confides that she still struggles mtally and oft has to leave school early, though the birth of her brother has giv her a rewed sse of purpose.
On December 11, 2008, an eight-year-old first grader (known by her pseudonym Kim Na-young) was on her way to school wh she was kidnapped by Cho Doo-soon (Jo Du-sun), a 57-year-old man living in Ansan. Cho repeatedly raped Na-young in an abandoned public church restroom, and as the child resisted, he beat, strangled and attempted to drown her in a toilet until she lost consciousness. Her parts found Na-young near death, and she was tak to a local hospital where after an eight-hour surgery, she had a prolonged stay in the intsive care unit. Doctors said Na-young sustained irreversible damage to her gitals, anus and intestines, which initially required her to wear a colostomy bag to replace her missing organs.
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Cho was arrested three days after the incidt; he was a habitual sex offder with 17 prior crimes, and had spt three years in prison for rape in 1983.
Prosecutors had demanded life imprisonmt for Cho, and more than 400, 000 angry netizs signed a petition at Internet portal site Daum calling for capital punishmt. A lower
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