The Way Home (2002) on Netflix
Sang-woo, a seven-year-old city boy, is left in a rural village with his mute grandmother while his mother looks for work. Her house has no electricity or running water.
- Netflix3.8/5
- IMDb7.7/106,388 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes75%
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Plot summary
Sang-woo's mother, whose business in Seoul has failed, takes him to a village in the Korean countryside and leaves him with his grandmother while she looks for work. The grandmother is mute and walks with a stick. Her house has no electricity or running water. Sang-woo, who arrived with junk food and toys, ignores her and calls her names, and spends his days alone with his Game Boy. In the village he meets a hardworking country boy who tries to befriend him and a girl he is taken with, who prefers the country boy. When the batteries in his Game Boy run out, he asks his grandmother for money, and she has none.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Way Home (2002)
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- Kim Eul-boon, who played the grandmother, was 78 years old and had never acted before in her life — she had never even seen a film.
