Na-young, a young woman tired of her dysfunctional parents, is transported back in time to her parents' hometown. There, she meets her mother as a young, hardworking woman and her father as a charming postman, witnessing their early courtship.
| Publication | Rating / Comment | |-------------|------------------| | Roger Ebert | (No official review – deemed “unsuitable for rating”) | | Variety | “Transgressive but intellectually arid” | | Cahiers du Cinéma | Included in “Films of the Year” (2004) – praised for casting Huppert as the “face of limit-experience” | | IMDb | 5.5/10 – many low scores from viewers expecting normal drama | | Letterboxd | 3.1/5 – loved by Bataille scholars, hated by general audience | nonton+film+my+mother+2004
This is an art-house film with explicit sexual themes, taboo subject matter (incest, nihilism), and psychological distress . It is rated NC-17 / Adults Only in many countries. Do not confuse it with a mainstream family drama. Na-young, a young woman tired of her dysfunctional