Directed: Hoon-jung Park

Starring: Seung-Won Cha, Tae-goo Eom, Yeo-bin Jeon

Country: South Korea

Year: 2020

Could a mother plan a merciless and cruel revenge to punish the one who caused the death of her son? The Korean mothers of director Kim Ki-duk in the film Pietà - Pieta have a deep hatred when someone is violent with their children. In the film, presented at the 69th Venice Film Festival, solitary characters appear, endowed with a violent inclination, with the structural sadism and masochism of Korean daily life. Kim Ki-duk's films, like Park Chan-wook's, represent a specific aspect of Korean life.