Synopsis
Acacia (Akasia) (2003) After unsuccessfully trying to have a baby of their own, Dr. Kim Do-il and his father convince his wife Choi Mi-sook to adopt a child in an orphanage. Mi-sook is connected to arts and chooses the six years Kim Jin-sung that loves to draw trees. The boy becomes close to the eight years old next door neighbor Min-jee and is attracted to an old Acacia tree in their lawn. When Mi-sook unexpectedly gets pregnant, her mother asks her to return Jin-sung to the orphanage, beginning the rejection process of the boy. When the baby is born, Mi-sook does not treat Jin-sung well, who believes the acacia tree is his mother, and in a rainy night he vanishes. Along the next days, the family becomes insane, disclosing a dark secret about Jin-sung. ??Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations
Budget: $2,200,000 (estimated)


Ki-hyeong Park
Shim Hye-jin, Jin-geun Kim, Oh-bin Mun
2003-10-17 (South Korea)
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