{"id":6709,"date":"2026-07-02T14:40:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T07:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/?p=6709"},"modified":"2026-07-02T14:40:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T07:40:53","slug":"the-mother-and-the-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/the-mother-and-the-bear\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mother and the Bear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE MOTHER AND THE BEAR | Official Trailer HD\" width=\"920\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EPiwpX0nnns?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Directed by Johnny Ma, <em>The Mother and the Bear<\/em> is an unexpected and charmingly whimsical dramedy that follows Sara, a traditional South Korean mother who rushes to wintry Winnipeg after her adult daughter falls into a coma. <\/p>\n<p>Finding herself completely out of her element, Sara decides to learn about her distant daughter by secretly taking over her online dating profile to find her a suitable Korean husband. <\/p>\n<p>Led by a brilliant, deeply committed performance from Kim Ho-jung, the film balances eccentric situational comedy\u2014including a hilarious accidental weed-gummy incident\u2014with a touching, late-in-life romance between Sara and a lonely local restaurateur.<\/p>\n<p>This Korean movie gracefully explores heavy themes like immigrant isolation, generational divides, and the painful process of learning when to let your adult children lead their own lives. Backed by a vibrant electronic score and visually striking cinematography that highlights the biting chill of its Canadian setting, it is a deeply human, heartwarming feature.<\/p>\n<h6>Comedy, Drama<br \/>\nCanada, Chile (English, Korean) 1h 40m (100 min)<\/h6>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/themotherandthebear2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"307\" height=\"463\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6710\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Directed by Johnny Ma, The Mother and the Bear is an unexpected and charmingly whimsical dramedy that follows Sara, a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6710,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/themotherandthebear2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6711,"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6709\/revisions\/6711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}