'The Mother and the Bear' Canadian-Korean Indie Comedy Film Trailer

‘The Mom and the Bear’ Canadian-Korean Indie Comedy Movie Trailer

by Alex Billington November 24, 2025Source: YouTube

“Do you suppose that we’re good dad and mom?” Dekanalog has revealed the official US trailer for an acclaimed indie movie from Canada titled The Mom and the Bear, made by proficient Canadian-Chinese language filmmaker Johnny Ma. The movie premiered on the 2024 Toronto Movie Competition final yr and it additionally performed at a number of different festivals and is lastly opening in restricted launch (within the US) quickly. Within the snow-swept metropolis of Winnipeg, faculty trainer Sumi is hospitalized after a fall. On listening to the information, her anxious mom, Sara, flies over from Seoul to be together with her comatose daughter — as soon as Sara units herself up within the younger girl’s house, she discovers she does not actually know Sumi in any respect. As Sara meddles in Sumi’s life by way of a relationship app, she finally ends up on a journey that may depart her without end modified. “A stylized, whimsical narrative of crossed wires, secret lives, and conflicting agendas, the movie is ‘a uniquely charming comedy about one girl’s quest to find extra about herself.” Starring Kim Ho-jung, Lee Gained-jae, Jonathan Kim, Amara Pedroso, Kalyn Bomback, Susan Hanson, Samantha Kendrick, and Leere Park as Sumi. Appears amusing & heartfelt.

Here is the official trailer (+ poster) for Johnny Ma’s movie The Mom and the Bear, from YouTube:

After 26-year-old Sumi (Leere Park) suffers an accident on the streets of wintry Winnipeg, Canada, her overbearing mom Sara (Kim Ho-jung) flies in from Seoul to be by her now comatose daughter’s facet. Determined to make sure Sumi can have somebody to take care of her sooner or later, Sara embarks on a mission to catfish an appropriate (ideally Korean) husband earlier than her daughter wakes up. Nevertheless, as Sara meddles in Sumi’s life by way of a relationship app, she finally ends up on a journey that may depart her without end modified. The Mom and the Bear is directed by Canadian-Chinese language filmmaker Johnny Ma, director of the movies Previous Stone and To Dwell to Sing beforehand. Produced by Niv Fichman and Juan de Dios Larraín. This initially premiered on the 2024 Toronto Movie Competition final yr. Dekanalog will debut Johnny Ma’s The Mom and the Bear movie in choose US theaters beginning January 2nd, 2026 early subsequent yr. For more information, head to their official web site.