'' Mother '' competed in the Un Certain Regard category at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival . '' Mother '' attracted 3,003,785 admissions nationwide and grossed a total of in South Korea , becoming the 6th most attended domestic film of 2009 , and 10th overall . The film had its U.S. premiere in February 2010 as part of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and received a limited U.S. theatrical release by Magnolia Pictures in March 2010 . In March 2015 the film was re-released in the US , in the Pleasantville , New York based Jacob Burns Film Center , as part of the Bong Joon-ho Retrospective with '' The Host '' , '' Snowpiercer '' and '' Memories of Murder ''
2009 Cannes Film Festival
2009 Cannes Film Festival
Mother (2009 film)