Boy (2011)

Boy 2011 / 굿바이 보이 2011 / Goodbye, Boy , Gootbayi Boyi

Winter 1988 - middle school student Jin Woo lives with his unemployed alcoholic father and his unhappy mother who frequently attempts to runaway from home due to her unhappiness with her husband. Jin Woo's older sister does whatever she wants and fumes at her mother for the life she lives. Jin Woo feels sorry for his mom who has to support the family alone and starts to work as a newspaper delivery boy. At the newspaper distribution plant, he meets another boy named Chang Geun who works hard to save money. Jin Woo learns from Chang Geun things like how to smoke, drink alcohol and how to deal with girls. Jin Woo learns about life through Chang Geun. One day, Jin Woo sees his mother working at a bar. Chang Geun, unaware that the woman is Jin Woo's mother, laughs at the woman. Jin-Woo doesn't tell him that the lady is his mother. Jin Woo senses that his sweet childhood days is over and the world is like the jungle that Chang Geun described. Jin-Woo's father comes back home after a year away and nobody greets him anymore.