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The Way Home screens at the KCC

by Philip Gowman on 30 April, 2008

in Events news, Film, KCC Film Club, KCCUK, Lee Jeong-hyang

The KCC’s theme for its two film screenings in May is the family. The first of the films, The Way Home (집으로…) was the surprise low-budget hit of 2002.

This is director Lee Jeong-hyang’s second film, her first being the gentle rom-com Art Museum by the Zoo, whose draw was the star actress Shim Eun-ha. For [...]

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How like “Swiri” is “The Way Home”?

15 September 2006 BAKS
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That’s the intriguing question posed by Andrew Jackson’s talk at the Sheffield BAKS conference last week. It was a question prompted by a statement by Ahn Sang-gun, a senior figure in KOTRA, the Korean Trade Investment Promotion Agency, and reported in the Donga Ilbo on 5 April 2003: that The Way Home and Swiri are
the [...]

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