It’s a step back after 1999’s Peppermint Candy from Chang-dong Lee but that’s no insult- it’s just a film that’s in the archives because of the uniquely (and powerfully) told love story and strong performances
He’s not 90’s Cuaron but Chang-dong Lee clearly prefers the color green, the green phone booth, the bars at jail, the railings on the roof—I’d love more- gorgeous- Kieslowski’s colour trilogy clearly an influence with believable color-infused production design—there’s even a hue to the lighting used
It’s 10 years before but the love story reminds me of Haneke’s Amour – though it starts off maybe close to the sadistic work of von Trier
Like all of Chang-dong Lee’s work we have a lost protagonist
So-Ri Moon’s dedication here should be applauded- like DDL in My Left Work making a character with cerebral palsy work so well- a very good performance
Two outcasts victims of their society and family- the title coming as their love is a refuge– the picture on the wall as well
Part Dardenne realism but we have moments of magical realism that would never be found in the brothers’ work—the scene of the Indian woman and elephant, the hummingbird, the moments of So-Ri Moon’s character singing and talking/walking
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