My Heart

Directed by Bae Chang-ho (배창호)

Written by • Bae Chang-ho (배창호) • Kim Yu-mi (김유미)

114min | Release date in South Korea: 2000/06/17

Synopsis
Sixteen year old Soon-i is married to the ten-year old son of the local Korean medicine doctor. Married to a child, Soon-i is subjected to the hard life of the traditional daughter-in-law. Ten tears pass and her husband, who has gone away to study, returns with a stylish 'modern woman' dressed in Western clothes. When Soon-i finds out that the woman is carrying her husband's child, she quietly packs her bag and leaves. Years later, Soon-i is living in a small village as a widow. Deok-soon, the village potter, takes her to his home, confessing his love for her. Soon-i accepts his pure and sincere love, and the two of them live in happiness and growing affection. Then one day, Deok-soon is killed in an accident... Again the years pass and one winter Soon-i, alone and struggle to survive, takes in a woman and child on the run from an abusive husband. When the woman is forced to give up the child, Soon-i takes him in and devotes herself to the child with all her heart.

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