李濬益繼《王的男人》後再掀爭議話題。改編自2008年震驚全韓國的「娜英事件」,探討被害人在案件以外所需承受的壓力與挑戰,反映韓國在風光背後潛藏的社會問題,並帶出愛與關懷的重要性。本片榮獲韓國奧斯卡青龍獎年度最佳影片等三大獎項。 在一個平靜的早晨,小女孩素媛在上學途中被強行拉走,遭受了此生最為不堪回首的傷害。她幼小的心靈和肉體從此留下難以磨滅的缺口,同時小女孩的家人也承受著來自社會不同的壓力與目光。然而在關愛與扶持下,小女孩一家再次尋覓昔日笑顏,以愛重奪陽光。薛景求演技入木三分,更憑此片當上百想藝術賞影帝。
After flirting briefly with retirement, director Lee Joon-ik (The King and the Clown) returned with the most emotionally poignant film of his career. Collecting many awards in its native South Korea, Hope is named after its heroine, a young girl who gets lured into an alleyway one rainy morning and sexually abused. In the face of wounds that will last a lifetime, Hope and her anguished parents must find the strength to cope, recover and bring the perpetrator to justice. Though acutely devastating, the sensitive human drama finds a silver lining in the journey of healing that brings a little girl back from trauma through the love and support of her family and community.