While centred on the victimisation and abuse of a schoolgirl and featuring a number of elements often seen in school-based narratives, ‘Han Gong-ju’ has far more in common with insightful dramas dissecting societal attitudes, persecutions, misperceptions and assumptions. Exemplary in realisation, there is a great deal more to ‘Han Gong-ju’ than its school-centric setting might imply. [Read More]
Title: Han Gong-ju
Festival Film reviews: we also went to…
We’ve almost finished clearing the London Korean Film Festival backlog, the only major review outstanding now being Park Chan-kyong’s fascinating documentary Manshin. While I’m polishing that, here are a few brief reviews of the films I didn’t feel moved to write dedicated articles about. Han Gong-ju A heavy and depressing story redeemed by the sensitive … [Read More]