Innocence (2020) on Netflix
NR20201h 50mCrimeDramaThriller
Jung-in, a lawyer in Seoul, learns that mourners at her father's funeral drank poisoned makgeolli. Her mother, Chae Hwa-ja, is arrested, but Alzheimer's disease has erased her memory.
- Netflix2.9/5
- IMDb6.6/102,313 votes
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Plot summary
Jung-in left her hometown for Seoul and built a career as a lawyer at a large firm. She hears late that her father Tae-su has died and stays away from the funeral. Then she sees her village on the television news: the mourners' makgeolli was found to contain pesticides, village elder Mr. Ji is dead and Mayor Choo and three others are in critical condition, and the police have arrested her mother, Chae Hwa-ja, as a suspect. Hwa-ja has Alzheimer's disease, and her memory loss leaves her unable to defend herself. Jung-in goes home, where her mother does not recognize her or her younger brother Jung-soo, and takes up the case, certain that Hwa-ja is innocent.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Innocence (2020)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Innocence was Shin Hye-sun's first major role in a film, and she said one reason she took it was that her father advised her to.
- Bae Jong-ok took the part of Jung-in's mother, a character who looks 30 years older than the actress, out of what she called a "thirst for an acting transformation."
