Underplayed Gems

A Smile (2004)

A Smile poster
Original title
미소
Directed by
Park Kyung-hee
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
South Korea
Runtime
1h 36m
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

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How it feels

A freelance photographer learns she may go blind from an eye disease. She leaves her boyfriend and gives up her study abroad dream to learn how to fly a plane.

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What happens

(미소) est un film sud-coréen réalisé par Park Kyung-hee, sorti le . So-jung est une photographe indépendante qui veut partir étudier à l'étranger avec son petit ami Ji-seok. Un jour, elle apprend qu'elle pourrait perdre la vue à cause d'une maladie des yeux. Elle décide alors de quitter son ami, de renoncer à son rêve, et d'apprendre à piloter un avion… (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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