In this moving South Korean film from 2007, a widowed piano teacher moves with her young son from Seoul to the smaller city where her late husband was born. Where the earliest part of Chang-Dong Lee’s film (adapted from a novel) is light and even comedic in nature, it becomes an unexpectedly dark exploration of grief, even despair. Jeon Do-yeon (My Dear Enemy), whose performance was duly rewarded at Cannes, beautifully depicts the widow’s spiritual journey and struggle to make sense of her loss as well as the events that led her to make a new start.
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viewed at Ritz 5 [Philadelphia Film Festival] and reviewed 10/21/10
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