Esperança (2013)

Both movies are heartbreaking and they are both based on (sadly) true story.. It contains rape, injustice and at the end both movies will leave you crying or speechless, but both movies are worth watching and the actors are amazing, true masterpieces.

Films shows the importance of having family and friends support during such time. It also shows the stupidity of korean legal system and all crimes in that domain should be punished most severely.

Similar theme about abused children, those around them & the struggles they go through to overcome the trauma they have experienced.

Both movie involve strong mind child or children. Born in poor family, went through hardship, needing the adult protection. Both are true story happen in South Korea country side

Both involve loving parents. Busy lifestyle and the young innocent child went “wrong”. Both parents were feeling guilty trying to fix the problem but the story went beyond their imagination. Both are true story happen in rural area

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.

Both movies are about families that have to deal with the aftermath of a brutal crime that has been done to their daughters.
Both fathers show the extent of what they are willing to do for their daughter.
Both are brutal, tear jerking movies.

Both movies talks about sexually assaulted suffers by a child. The Difference between Hope and A Girl at My door is: the girl of this movie is constant humiliated by her father, and a women Cop try help her, but her father manipulate the child and make her defame the woman cop because his sexuallity, the cop is a homosexual and drunker.

Both are sad stories about a victimized child.

Shows the struggle a family goes through when their little girl is abused.

Both films focus on the recovery of a child after a traumatizing event.

Obviously the topic matters are very different - one deals with rape/sexual assault trauma and the other a terminal illness, but the main reason I recommend these for each other is because of the heartwarming family theme.

Expect to have some tissue boxes around you and lots of buckets to catch your tears. Both really made me feel bittersweet, emotional, and just warmed my heart extremely.

Hope arguably has a more dramatic and darker undertone while the pace of My Palpitating Life is much more slow paced and relaxed, but I think the family bond is what tore my heart most in both movies.

(I cried so much in Hope, but only teared up in My Palpitating Life because I think the tones are so different but I just loved both movies and after Hope I had been looking for more loving family movies.)

Both involve involve innocent young girl. Brave little girl struggling to live. Speak out, needing protecting and understanding from adult. Heartwarming movie

They have similar theme although "Han Gong Ju" is way darker, but both are real cases so you should watch it, pretty good movie, the actress won the blue dragon award for this movie, this movie is indie but it became pretty known, this case is more shocking.