Secret Sunshine
aka Miryang
Screened in January 2011
Director: Lee Chang-dong. Cast: Jeon Do-yeon, Song Kang-ho, Seon Jung-yeop, Kim Mi-kyung, Kim Yeong-jae, Jo Yeong-jin, Park Myeong-shin, Ko Seo-hie. Screenplay: Lee Chang-dong (based on the novel by Yi Chong-jun).
Twitter Capsule: Uneven contrivances, less bracing than Oasis, but still a gutsy, restlessly agnostic maternal melo. Jeon is great.

Photo © 2007 CJ Entertainment, © 2010 IFC Films
Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B+


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Awards:
Cannes Film Festival: Best Actress (Jeon)

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