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Tag Archives: Unemployment
Where Is Kyra? (2017) ☆☆☆(3/4): Her slow descent to another bottom
Watching “Where Is Kyra?” is akin to observing a slow, irreversible descent. No matter how much its heroine tries, it is quite clear that she is destined to hit another bottom in one way or another, and the movie is … Continue reading
I, Daniel Blake (2016) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Small daily struggles against an unfair system
Ken Roach’s new film “I, Daniel Blake”, which won the Palme d’Or award at the Cannes Film Festival early in this year, is angry about the maddening incompetence of a system which is supposed to help and support people. Watching … Continue reading
The Measure of a Man (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4): A man’s quiet economic struggle
Calmly looking into its plain working class hero’s quiet economic struggle, French social drama film “The Measure of a Man” shares his desperation and frustration with us during the first half and then throws some hard moral questions during the … Continue reading
Two Days, One Night (2014) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : The Desperate Weekend
“Two Days, One Night” starts with a close-up shot of its heroine, and then it rarely looks away from her as she struggles through her several difficult days. She is reluctant about doing what she should do in her circumstance, … Continue reading
The Journal of Musan (2010) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5) : A lonely man struggling at the bottom
You may not notice him while walking around the streets of Seoul. He is a lonely man downtrodden everyday at the bottom of South Korean society. He is usually quiet with passive attitude and his drooped head. He has silently … Continue reading
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