Special Screening of Bong Joon-Ho's Mother

Magnolia Pictures and Filmmatters are very proud to present an advance screening of Bong Joon-Ho's Mother.

The South Korean filmmaker is known to most American moviegoers for his post-modern monster movie, The Host, but before that he directed the much darker works -- Barking Dogs Never Bite and Memories of Murder. Since contributing the otaku-themed "Shaking Tokyo" segment of the Tokyo! omnibus (along with Michel Gondry and Leos Carrax), Bong has gone on to direct Mother, which competed at Cannes in 2009 and has gone on to win accolades for his unrelenting direction and lead actress Kim Hye-ja's gritty performance.

Trust us: (1) The less you know about the plot about a single mother's relentless efforts to defend her obtuse son from a murder charge, the better, and (2) you'll want to see this harsh-but-human movie in a theater.

The free screening will take place on:
Tuesday, March 9
7 p.m.
Laemmle Music Hall
9036 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
(310) 274-6869

To attend, please send an email with your name to rsvp@filmmatters.com and specify if you will be bringing a guest. Spaces are limited, so first come, first serve.

Mother opens in theatres March 12th. Please join them on Facebook.

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