Drafthouse Films Acquires South Korea’s Oscar Entry ‘Pietà’

Drafthouse Films Acquires South Korea's Oscar Entry 'Pietà' 1
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Today, Drafthouse films announced it’s acquisition of Kim Ki-Duk‘s Pieta, which is South Korea’s submission for this year’s Academy Awards.  The film will be getting a limited theatrical and VOD release in early 2013, and will be available for festival and museum bookings through April 2013.  The film centers around a violent loan shark whose lifestyle comes into question after someone claiming to be his long lost mother appears.  Hit the jump for the full synopsis and a clip from the film.

Hired by moneylenders, a man lives as a loan shark brutally threatening people for paybacks. This man, without any family therefore with nothing to lose, continues his merciless way of life regardless of all the pain he has caused to a countless number of people. One day, a woman appears in front of him claiming to be his mother. He coldly rejects her at first, but gradually accepts her in his life. He decides to quit his cruel job and to live a decent life. Then suddenly the mother is kidnapped. Assuming that it would be by someone he had hurt in the past, he starts to track down all the people he had harassed. The man finally finds the one, only to discover most horrifying dark secrets better left unrevealed.

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