Sisters on the Road is a South Korea

South Korea

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 shot in 2007, and released in theaters in 2009.

Plot

The sudden death of her mother brings Myung-eun back home to Jeju island. There she meets her estranged sister Myung-ju and Myung-ju's daughter Seung-ah, still living at their old home, and Hyun-ah who has lived with them for over 20 years like a relative. A career woman whose hard exterior masks her illegitimacy and abandonment issues, Myung-eun tells Hyun-ah she wants to start looking for her father after the funeral. Single-minded in her desire to dig up memories of her father and discover why he left, Myung-eun resents that Myung-ju, who like their mother is a carefree fish trader and an unmarried mother of a young daughter, seemingly doesn't care. At first Myung-ju is reluctant to accompany Myung-eun, but after Hyun-ah persuades her, guilt and her sense of duty as an older sibling prevails. And so the two sisters who are dissimilar in character, lifestyle and even fathers go on a road trip together. On their trip, Myung-eun and Myung-ju quarrel over their differences, share secrets, reminisce about their past, and eventually embrace each other as family. Director Bu Ji-Young captures the delicately subtle atmosphere floating between women, and how inscrutable life is.

Cast

• Shin Mina ... Park Myung-eun
• Gong Hyo-jin ... Oh Myung-ju
• Kim Sang-hyeon ... Hyun-ah
• Chu Kwi-jung ... Hye-sook
• Moon Jae-woon ... Hyun-sik
• Bae Eun-jin ... Seung-ah

Trivia

Shin Mina and Gong Hyo-jin are best friends in real life. They previously costarred together in Volcano High.

External links

• Shin Mina and Kong Hyo-jin's Movieweek interview