Secret Sunshine (2007)

Original title

밀양

Directed by

Lee Chang-dong

Genre

drama film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

2h 22m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 230 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman moves to a small city with her son after her husband dies. She struggles with grief and begins to question her faith and sanity.

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What happens

Secret Sunshine (Korean: 밀양; RR: Miryang) is a 2007 South Korean drama film written and directed by Lee Chang-dong. The screenplay based on the short story "The Abject" by Lee Cheong-jun that focuses on a woman as she wrestles with the questions of grief, madness and faith. The Korean title "Miryang" is named after the city where the film was set and filmed; "Secret Sunshine" is the literal translation. For her performance, Jeon Do-yeon won Prix d'interprétation féminine (Best Actress) at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. The film also won Best Film at the Asian Film Awards and the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. The film sold 1,710,364 tickets in South Korea. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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