— Overview
The notes follow Hubert as far as that opening, and they do not name the director in this stretch.
— Contents and key concepts
A title first set aside
The film the notes chose is the one they title I killed mother, and in Korean 아이 킬드 마더. The title felt so strong that it first drew curiosity. From the title alone it also seemed like a kind of horror film, so the writer let it go. Later, while reading a book on counseling for young people, the title came up again; after learning the outline, they went back and watched it. The director is not named in this stretch.
A sixteen-year-old, and a house that wounds
The story, as they tell it, follows Hubert, a boy of sixteen, in his conflict with his mother. That conflict is the trouble he mainly voices. From the beginning of the film to the end he keeps turning the relation over in his mind, and thinks some solution must be found. He loves his mother and does not love her. He says she is hateful, and that he therefore does not love her, and yet that he cannot help loving her.
The two live together and share most of daily life, but it does not go smoothly. Whenever they open their mouths they snap at each other, and they do not choose their words, and they wound each other.
Bread, in slow motion
What stayed with the writer most, while watching, was the opening: the mother’s eating of bread is brought forward and drawn in slow motion. Hubert, watching her, frowns more and more, then shuts his eyes altogether, and the film begins on a sigh. It is very brief, they write, and yet it shows clearly the mood of the whole film, the situation, and the relation between the two.
He did try to understand his mother, and he tried without stopping. But all of that effort came to nothing, and from the seat of a third person watching, it could only feel grievous. The notes leave the film there, before a later block of causes and results. The same Korean report sits on CampusDown, written out more fully.
Sources
- The notes, a student reading of I Killed My Mother: Hubert at sixteen, a house where mother and son wound each other, and an opening on bread in slow motion. The director is not named in this stretch.
Last updated: 15 November 2026
Frequently asked questions
How do the notes first meet the film?
They write the title as I killed mother, and in Korean 아이 킬드 마더. The title felt so strong that it first drew curiosity, then seemed like a horror film, and was set aside. A book on youth counseling later brought the title back; after learning the outline, the writer watched it again. The director is not named in this stretch.
What story do they tell?
The hero is Hubert, sixteen, and the film follows his conflict with his mother. From start to finish he keeps thinking about that relation, and feels he must find some way through it. He says he hates her and therefore does not love her, but cannot help loving her. They live together and share most of a day, yet whenever they open their mouths they snap, and they wound each other with unguarded words.
Which opening moment stays with them?
The mother eating bread, shown in slow motion; Hubert’s brow tightens, he shuts his eyes, and the film begins on a sigh. The notes leave him there, before a later block of causes and results.
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