Tag Archives: Alienation

Elegant Lies (2014) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Tears within its cool restraint

Posted on March 31, 2014 by kaist455

  South Korean film “Elegant Lies” has a fair share of tears to shed inside its story, but it holds them with admirable restraint while rarely resorting to cheap melodrama overflowing with tears. This is a sad story about how … Continue reading →

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The Hunt (2012) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : An unjust ordeal caused by an innocent lie

Posted on January 26, 2013 by kaist455

 It was just one small innocent lie, but, once people start to believe it, it topples one man’s life upside down, and his life becomes a living purgatory as a result. Through the unjust ordeal of its ordinary hero, Danish … Continue reading →

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