Buddy's Mom

A cinephile’s road-trip rom-com with a twist. A 20-year-old, sheltered by porn and solo habits, flees a paternal fight to a friend’s vacation home where he redirects his crush onto the friend’s mother. The embarrassment of real feelings meets the low stakes of holiday flings.

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Kong Ja-kwan directed Buddy's Mom in 2015. See Kong Ja-kwan's full filmography, where to start with Kong Ja-kwan, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kong Ja-kwan.

Buddy's Mom was released in 2015 (KO original-language production), with a runtime of 101 minutes.