Pietà (film)
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| Hangul | 피에타 |
| Revised Romanization | Pieta |
| McCune–Reischauer | P'iet'a |
| Directed by | Kim Ki-duk |
| Written by | Kim Ki-duk |
| Produced by | Kim Soon-mo Kim Ki-duk |
| Starring | Lee Jung-jin Jo Min-su |
| Cinematography | Cho Young-jik |
| Edited by | Kim Ki-duk |
| Music by | Park In-young |
| Distributed by | NEW (South Korea) Drafthouse Films (United States) |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Languages | Korean English |
| Box office | US$3,601,250 |
Pietà (Korean: 피에타) is a 2012 South Korean crime thriller film written and directed by Kim Ki-duk. It depicts the mysterious relationship between a brutal man who works for loan sharks and a middle-aged woman who claims that she is his mother, mixing Christian symbolism and highly sexual content.
It made its world premiere in the competition line-up of the 69th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Lion. It is the first Korean film to win the top prize at one of the three major international film festivals—Venice, Cannes and Berlin.
The title refers to the Italian Pietà (piety/pity), signifying depictions of the Virgin Mary cradling the corpse of Jesus.