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Tag Archives: Real-life figure
The Last of the Sea Woman (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): The Women and the Sea
Documentary film “The Last of the Sea Woman”, which is currently available on Apple TV+, is about a group of South Korean women who have worked as “haenyeo”, which means “Sea Woman” in Korean. For earning their living via collecting … Continue reading
Saving a Dragonfly (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): Painfully personal
South Korean documentary film “Saving a Dragonfly” is painfully personal at times. It initially looks like as an innocuous personal project recording what was the most important period in the director and her classmates’ last high school year, but it … Continue reading
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Tagged College, Documentary, High School, Real-life figure, Real-life story, South Korean Film
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Breaking (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): A desperate man driven to the breaking point
“Breaking” is a small but tense drama about one desperate man who resorts to a drastic measure as driven to the breaking point. Inspired by a tragic real-life incident which did happen in Marietta, Atlanta in 2017, the movie patiently … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank Robbery, Hostage, Real-life figure, Real-life incident, Real-life story
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Divertimento (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): To become a conductor
French film “Divertimento” is a competent feel-good drama film inspired by one remarkable real-life story. While there are some expected conventional moments, the movie casually flows along with its ambitious young heroine as she struggles to find her own personality … Continue reading
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Tagged Coming-of-age drama, Conductor, Musician, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): On her life and achievement
Documentary film “Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge”, which is currently available on Disney+ in South Korea, broadly looks over the life and achievement of its very fascinating human subject. Although I wish it regarded this interesting figure with more … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Fashion designer, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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One Life (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): He simply tried to save them…
It is hard not to be touched by the story of “One Life”, which is about one compassionate British man who tried to save many kids right before the World War II. Once he saw what was going on at … Continue reading
Freud’s Last Session (2023) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): A fictional meeting of two minds
Any good two-hander movie should trust its characters and performers, but “Freud’s Last Session” does not do that much. Here are two fascinating real-life figures who might have an interesting conversation if they had really had a private meeting in … Continue reading
Daughters (2024) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Imprisoned fathers reconnecting with their daughters
Netflix documentary film “Daughters”, which was released a few days ago, presents an aching human story of a bunch of prisoners trying to reconnect with their young daughters. As frequently alternating between these two different groups, the documentary lets us … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Father and daughter, Prison, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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Skywalkers: A Love Story (2024) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): A couple of thrill-seekers
Good documentaries engage us and then let us get to know more their subjects, but Netflix documentary film “Skywalkers: A Love Story”, which was released in last month, feels rather and hollow in my trivial opinion. Sure, there are a … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Real-life figure, Real-life story, Romance, Rooftopping
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Shooting Stars (2023) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): The Best Years of Their Lives
“Shooting Stars”, which is currently available on Netflix in South Korea, is a standard biographical sports drama film which plays and then delivers as much as expected. While any good sports drama film needs to do more than that in … Continue reading
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Tagged Athelte, Basketball, Coming-of-age drama, Freindship, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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