Pieta

A loan shark is forced to reconsider his violent lifestyle after the arrival of a mysterious woman claiming to be his long-lost mother.

Cast

Cho Min-soo

as Mi-sun

Lee Jung-jin

as Gang-do

Woo Ki-hong

as Hun-cheol

Kang Eun-jin

as Myeong-ja

Heo Joon-seok

as Suicidal Man

Kwon Yul

as Man with Guitar

Jin Yong-uk

as Shop Owner in Wheelchair

Yoo Ha-bok

as Container Man

Kim Jae-rok

as Monk

Cho Jae-ryong

as Gye-ssong

Reviews

badelf

# Pietà **Summary: 10/10: a scalding, nearly unwatchable masterpiece that turns Michelangelo's art into an indictment of usury and late-stage capitalism, and proves that the most unbearable violence in cinema is the violence a director refuses to show you.** > "The pine tree that once st...

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