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Goodbye Mom
Directed by	Jeong Gi-hun
Written by	Jeong Gi-hun
Produced by	Kim Sang-min
Starring	Choi Kang-hee Kim Young-ae
Cinematography	Park Yong-su
Edited by	Lee Hyun-mee
Music by	Kim Jun-seok Jeong Se-rin
Production company	Sirius Pictures
Distributed by	Showbox
Release date	September 9, 2009 (2009-09-09)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	US$12.6 million

Goodbye Mom (Korean: 애자; RR: Ae-ja) is a 2009 South Korean comedy drama film written and directed by Jeong Gi-hun in his feature debut. Starring Choi Kang-hee and Kim Young-ae, it depicts the story of an unsuccessful writer and her tumultuous relationship with her mother. A box office hit with more than 1.9 million admissions, Jeong also won Best Director for Asian New Talent Award at the 2010 Shanghai International Film Festival.

Cast

• Choi Kang-hee as Park Ae-ja
• Kim Young-ae as Choi Young-hee
• Bae Soo-bin as Cheol-min
• Choi Il-hwa as Doctor Dong-pal
• Seong byeong-sook as Fish market lady
• Sa Hyun-jin as Hyun-jin
• Kim Jae-man as Min-seok
  • Baek Seung-hwan as young Min-seok
• Jang Young-nam as Editor
• Jung Hye-sun as Female monk
• Shin Jung-geun as Joon-won
• Oh Yeon-ah as Min-jung

Awards and nominations

References

1. "Goodbye Mom (2009)". Korean Film Biz Zone.
2. "[K-FILM REVIEWS] 애자 (Goodbye Mom)". Screen Anarchy. 3 December 2009. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
3. Lee, Hyo-won (27 August 2009). "Actresses Shine Thru Tears in Aeja". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
4. Song, Woong-ki (2 October 2009). "Aeja, perfect film for Chuseok". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
5. Kim, Lynn (9 September 2009). "New film Aeja selling most advance tickets". 10Asia. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
6. "Goodbye Mom (2009)". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
7. "Finecut dials up Love 911". Korean Film Biz Zone. 14 March 2012. Retrieved 2017-03-18.

External links

• Goodbye Mom at HanCinema
• Goodbye Mom at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
• Goodbye Mom at IMDb

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