Both stories of parents when their child is sexually assaulted. While Azooma focuses on the pain of a mother dealing with the fact that there is no justice for her child, Hope focuses on the family's way to recovery and the utter hopelessness the parents feel about their child's suffering. A seriously heart wrenching movie that will have you in tears.
Seoul, the present day. Ten-year-old Yeon-joo is picked up outside school by a man who says he knows her mother and is then driven to a flat where she is sexually abused. Six hours later, her mother, Yoon Young-nam, reports her disappearance to the police, who say it is too soon to launch a proper investigation. After being found dumped on the street in a suitcase, Yeon-joo is taken to a hospitalby Yoon and recovers; however, Yoon's ex-husband, TV celebrity dentist Dr. Lee, is not happy at the adverse publicity Yoon's action has generated. Yoon eventually persuades a busy detective, Ma, to take an interest in the case; he questions Yeon-joo in hospital but the child reveals little. Later, a female police officer questions her, with more success. Angry at the apparent slowness with which the police are treating the case, Yoon tracks down the child molester herself and confronts him at his flat. After a struggle and chase, the police arrive and take both of them in, though en route the child molester escapes. Yoon decides to take more radical action...
