Plots(1)
Aeran, a hardworking mother who runs a side-dish store in the neighborhood, and her son, Gyuhyon, a part-time instructor, whom she considers incompetent, do not get on well. The son abhors his mother's prickliness, but he isn't sweet to her either. The side-dishes that Aeran makes become famous for their healthy herbal ingredients, securing a good number of regular customers. Aeran always writes down her recipes and cooking process in detail along with drawings in a notebook. One day, Aeran is diagnosed with dementia, out of blue. When the symptoms get too severe, she decides to close her dearly-loved store, and, as independent as ever, enters a live-in senior care center on her own. Notebook from My Mother is a good-hearted nostalgic film about the so-called "taste of Mom's cooking." Aeran's dementia ushers the mother-son relationship into a new phase. Gyuhyon begins to understand his mother through her absence. Cooking with the help of his mother's notebook, the son recaptures and feels the loving flavors of family handed down over generations. (Busan International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Joo-sil Lee
South Korea
Best movies:
Hello, Schoolgirl (2008)
The Guest (2018) (series)
Le Grand Chef (2007)
Jong-hyuk Lee
South Korea
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in High School: The Spirit of Jeet Kune Do (2004)
A Dirty Carnival (2006)
The Master's Sun (2013) (series)
Seong-eun Kim
South Korea
Best movies:
Thank You (2007) (series)
My Little Hero (2013)
Queen of the Night (2013)
Yeong-ah Lee
South Korea
Best movies:
King of Baking, Kim Tak Goo (2010) (series)
Il Ji-Mae: The Phantom Thief (2008) (series)
Two Faces of My Girlfriend (2007)
Joon-hyuk Lee
South Korea
Best movies:
Masquerade (2012)
Sunny (2011)
Late Blossom (2010)
Seon-hwa Kim
South Korea
Best movies:
King of Baking, Kim Tak Goo (2010) (series)
The Harmonium In My Memory (1999)
Please Teach Me English (2003)
Jae-jin Jeong
South Korea
Best movies:
Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)
Once Upon a Time in High School: The Spirit of Jeet Kune Do (2004)
Beyond Evil (2021) (series)
Sun-hwa Kim
South Korea
Best movies:
Mr. Sunshine (2018) (series)
The Three Musketeers (2014) (series)
Do You Like Brahms? (2020) (series)
Mi-young Shin
South Korea
Best movies:
Crash Landing on You (2019) (series)
Law School (2021) (series)
Miss Hammurabi (2018) (series)