Bravo, My Life

Bravo, My Life
Bravo, My Life
	Theatrical poster
Korean name
Hangul	사랑해... 말순씨
Revised Romanization	Saranghae, Malsoonssi
McCune–Reischauer	Saranghae, Malsunssi
Directed by	Park Heung-sik
Written by	Park Heung-sik ; Kang Byeong-hwa ; Jang Hak-gyo
Produced by	Bae Yong-guk
Starring	Moon So-ri; Lee Jae-eung
Cinematography	Choi Young-taek
Edited by	Oh Myeong-jun
Music by	Jo Seong-woo
Distributed by	Showeast
Release date	3 November 2005;
Running time	92 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	US$2,137,265

Bravo, My Life (Korean: 사랑해... 말순씨; RR: Saranghae, Malsoonssi; lit. I Love You, Mal-soon), also known as Mommy, Dearest, is a 2005 South Korean film directed by Park Heung-sik about an adolescent boy who starts to come of age in the late 70s and early 80s, largely oblivious to the dramatic political events occurring around him.^[2] The film sold 406,526 tickets nationwide.^[3]

Plot

Bravo, My Life! opens in October 1979 with the news of president Park Chung Hee's assassination. But for 14-year-old Gwang-ho, it is more importantly his first day at junior high, where the kids are interested in football and brawling. Gwang-ho's mother, Mal-soon, whose husband is working in Saudi Arabia, devotes everything to her children. Despite a nagging illness, Mal-soon wears heavy make-up as she sells cosmetics door-to-door. Meanwhile, as his sexual awareness increases, Gwang-ho turns his attention and affection to their pretty neighbor Eun-sook, an assistant nurse who is the complete opposite of Gwang-ho's mother. One day, Gwang-ho receives a "good-luck letter." The letter states that unless he immediately writes and sends the same letter to someone else, he will be faced with bad luck. He starts sending it to people around him, but as those people start vanishing, Gwang-ho is racked with guilt, suspecting the letter of luck is the cause of their disappearance.