The Way Home

Language :Korean

Director :Lee Jung-Hyang

This movie is one of the finest movies i have ever seen.It is a story about a Grandmother who is mute and her Grandson.The story starts with the daughter bringing her son to Grandmother's home ,which is located at the remote village .The mother gave some chocolates and other eatables for the boy to keep for some time and then leave.After that story revolves around the two characters.

The boy was born and brought up in City culture,he does not like what his Grandmother cooks.Grandmother is very close to nature , she do things without harming the nature.She never argue with others and she gives into others demand.When the grandson asks for Kentucy Chicken,she sells his vegetables and buy a live chicken and cooked it and gave to him, he doesn't like it and he is not eating it.Since nothing is there for him to eat,he started eating the chicken at night.The boy started to speak and play with the nearby kids.

One day they goes to nearby town market, she sells all her vegetables and buy whatever the boy asks ,he send the boy with other kids to the village in the bus.The boy reaches the Village and waiting for the Grandma but she is not coming in the buses,last bus arrives from the town in that also Grandma was not there,he started to worry.Next day morning he saw Grandma coming on the road walking,since Grandma spent all her money for the boy she doesn't have money to buy her ticket so she walked all day long to the village.

One day suddenly Grandma falls sick,the boy do all the house work and prepare some food for Grandma and takes care of it.The boy started to like Grandma,he teaches her the alphabets and helps her to stich.Finally his mother comes from the city to take the boy,the boy is didnt speak anything to the Grandma,he silently get in the bus and moved to the last seat.

when the bus started he started waving the hand towards Grandma.. as days goes by they started sending messages "I MISS YOU" the film ends as they sending messages.

Whatever Grandma does, he is not interested ,like Grandma sitting near to him when he is in toilet ,cutting hair for him and when Grandma gives the small bundle to take to home in bus.These are the scenes which captures the difference between the materialistic world and the nature.Of course these scences will make your heart feel heavy.

Apart from the acting of the Kim-eul-Boon (grandma) and Yoo Seung-Ho(grandson) , all the characters in this movies done exactly what they asked for. For example ,the neigbhourhood girl and boy,the grandma's old friend in the market.Photography by Yoon Hong-Shik brings the characters alive in the screen and the location is simply breathtaking.Music is another plus point for this story which brings the mood of the characters .

This film will definitely creates in us a strong feeling towards nature and others.