Filmmaker Min Sook Lee tries to piece to gether what happened with her mother who committed suicide when she was 12.
Belt in ladies and gentlemen, this is a tough ride.
And as tough as it is for us to watch at times, It's worse for Lee. This is a ride into the past Lee doesn't want to take but knows if she doesn't do it now all of her questions will never be answered since her father is 90 and she didn't know how much longer he'd be around. Complicating matters is the fact that he is an unreliable narrator and he knows it. He asks his daughter if he can lie, which instantly makes everything suspect and Lee has to try to find other sources. What she uncovers is a lot of secrets and pain.
This is an emotional rollercoaster. The journey through the past is not a happy one witth everyone largely looking like they would rather be having a root canal with out novocaine then behaving this discussion. Rarely has a documentary been this revealing. By the end I felt bruised.
Honestly this is a really good film but you have to be willing to go with it since the film's frank talk of suicide, mental illness, abuse and other subjects may result in it waking up things from your own past.
Worth a look.
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