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Tag Archives: Mother and daughter
The Piano (1993) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): An extraordinary female drama by Jane Campion
Jane Campion’s 1993 film “The Piano”, which was re-released in selected theaters in South Korea a few weeks ago, is still an extraordinary female drama to mesmerize and then haunt you for a long time. Mainly revolving around its rather … Continue reading
The Piano Teacher (2001) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Can she really play him like piano?
Michael Hanake’s 2001 film “The Piano Teacher”, which was released in South Korean theaters in last week, is a truly disturbing observation of one very, very, very twisted lady. While we never really fully understand her even at the very … Continue reading
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Tagged Mother and daughter, Piano teacher, Teacher and Pupil, Thriller
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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (2025) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): The raw and intense portrayal of a troubled motherhood
Mary Bronstein’s second feature film “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” is probably one of the most intensely uncomfortable movie experiences I have ever had during this year. Closely and vividly sticking to the increasingly unstable mindset of one … Continue reading
Hallan (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): A young mother and her little daughter in the Jeju Uprising
South Korean film “Hallan” turns out to be a lot more haunting than I expected at first. Closely following the harrowing survival drama of a young mother and her little daughter in the middle of the Jeju Uprising (1948 ~ … Continue reading
Red Nails (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): Mother and daughter stuck with each other again
South Korean independent film “Red Nails” calmly but sensitively observes the strained mother and daughter relationship between its two deeply flawed human characters. Although we do not like these two people much even at the end of the story, the … Continue reading
The Voices of the Silenced (2023) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): The chronicles of Zainichi Koreans
Documentary film “The Voices of the Silences”, which won the Mecenat Award for Best Documentary when it was shown at the Busan International Film Festival in last year, is about one defiant old Korean Japanese woman and her old but … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Family, Filmmaker, Korean Japanese, Mother and daughter
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Concerning My Daughter (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): Facing her daughter’s girlfriend
South Korean independent film “Concerning My Daughter” tries two different things together. On one side, it is a typical queer drama about one mother trying to deal with her lesbian daughter who suddenly comes with her lover. On the other … Continue reading
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Tagged Alzheimer's disease, Homosexuality, Mother and daughter, South Korean Film
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Soup and Ideology (2021) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Eating together as family despite all that
Documentary film “Soup and Ideology”, which I belatedly checked out yesterday, presents a modest but intimate personal story closely associated with the dark past of the Korean history during the 20th century. As its Korean Japanese director tries to understand … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Family, Korean Japanese, Mother and daughter, Real-life figure, Real-life incident, Real-life story
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Jeong-sun (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): After she is exposed
South Korean film “Jeong-sun”, which was belatedly released in South Korea in this week (It was premiered at the Jeonju International Film Festival in May 2022, where it received the Grand Prize award), is a dry but intense character drama … Continue reading
The Four Daughters (2023) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): The reenactment of a family pain
Kaouther Ben Hania’s latest work “The Four Daughters”, which was recently nominated for Best Documentary Oscar (It was also selected as the Tunisian submission to Best International Film Oscar, by the way), presents one painful family story via a plain … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Family, Filmmaking, Mother and daughter, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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