A Smile

2003
5.6| 1h36m| en
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This debut feature from female Korean director Park Kyung-hee tells the story of a photographer whose life is changed indelibly when she discovers she has a rare disease which causes tunnel vision and possible eventual blindness. Divided into four sections, it depicts the break-up of her relationship with her boyfriend, her problems with her old-fashioned family, her attempts to deal with her disease through her art and, finally, her desire to fly an airplane before she loses her sight entirely.

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Also starring Song Il-gon

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Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
Orla Zuniga It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review
Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.
Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

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