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The Way Home, a Korean film with English subtitles, is a movie that beautifully portrays the power of a grandma’s unconditional love. Sang-woo, a terribly spoiled, undisciplined 7-year-old boy from the city is sent by his mother to live with his grandmother. Grandmother has spent her entire life in a mountainous, rural village. Sang-woo receives the shock of his little life when he discovers living with Grandma means doing without that, which up until now, he took very much for granted. Despite her best efforts, Sang-woo takes his frustrations out on his grandmother, especially because her muteness makes it hard for him to communicate with her. Gradually, Sang-woo discovers that what he thought was important may not be after all.
This film would be excellent to use with a group of students that may be struggling with social skills. The actions portrayed by Sang-woo could be analyzed, discussed, and used as a spring board to students’ brainstorming ideas or suggestions that could be more appropriate or respectful behavior.
