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A Day (2001)

A Day poster
Original title
하루
Directed by
Han Ji-seung
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
South Korea
Runtime
1h 52m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young couple without children face difficult decisions involving medical care, adoption, and organ transplantation. The film follows their story inspired by a real event from Italy, but with a different focus.

poignantmelancholicthought-provokingsombertenderethicalserious

What happens

『エンジェル・スノー』(原題:하루)は、2001年公開の韓国映画。子どものいない若い夫婦を通して、医療・養子・臓器移植などの問題を扱っている。日本での公開は2002年6月1日。大鐘賞受賞作品。 イタリアの実話をもとに作られたというふれこみだが、実話が難病の子どもを臓器移植によって助けるという話であるのに対し、映画は子どもを臓器業者に売るというストーリーとなっており、「難病の子供」という以外の共通項はない。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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