Beautiful Days (2018)

Other name: 뷰티풀 데이즈, 美好的人生, 美麗的日子, Byootipool Deizu

Description:

Beautiful Days is a powerful drama exploring the lasting scars of defection and family separation. The film opens with a North Korean woman making an unbearable choice: leaving her ethnic Korean husband and young son behind in China as she undertakes a dangerous journey to defect to South Korea, seeking a chance at freedom and a new life. This desperate act sets in motion a chain of events that will define their future.

Fourteen years later, the passage of time has not healed all wounds. The woman finally reunites with her now-adult son, a moment she has longed for. However, the reunion is fraught with pain. Her son harbors a deep and profound hatred for the mother he believes abandoned him. Beautiful Days delves into the complex emotions of resentment, sacrifice, and the slim possibility of reconciliation, questioning whether love can bridge a chasm created by desperate choices and unspoken suffering.

Director: 윤재호 [Yoon Jae Ho]

Country: Korean

Status: Completed

Released: 2018

Genre:Drama