2014|117 MIN | DRAMA
DIRECTOR E J-yong
CAST GANG Dong-won, SONG Hye-kyo, Jo Sung-mok, BAEK Il-seob
RELEASE DATE SEPTEMBER 2014
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16 year old boy, Ahreum has Progeria Syndrome, a rare genetic defect that will cause the baby to show rapid aging from an early age. Although Ahreum has struggled again the disease, he was raised as a brilliant young child than anyone else. Young parents, Mira (SONG Hye-kyo) and Dae-su (GANG Dong-won) are still in their early 30s who had Ahreum when they both were 17 year old, sometimes act immature but they never expressed their sorrow. Ahreum only has few month to live, and Mira and Dae-su want to denied the reality. Although knowing that he does not have much time left, they appear on a fundraising TV show in hopes of raising enough money for his medical care. Ahreum's appearance on a TV brings everyone's attention, and he becomes pen pal with a teenager girl who's also suffering from a disease watching the show. Exchanging letters with her becomes the joy of his days. But his body becomes more weary from aging, and he even loses his vision.
E J-yong cinematized a novel written by KIM Ae-ran in 2011 with the same title. Having recently made the mix of documentary and film drama such as
The Actresses and
Behind the Camera, he is back with a standard drama. Dae-su, father of a boy suffering progeria, was played by GANG Dong-won, who performed impressive action in
KUNDO : Age of the Rampant. SONG Hye-kyo took the role of Mira, mother who gives hope to her ill son. She recently starred in Chinese master directors’ films like
The Grandmaster directed by Karwai WONG and The
Crossing by John WOO,