With a Girl of Black Soil (2007)

Original title

검은 땅의 소녀와

Directed by

Jeon Soo-il

Genre

drama film

Country

South Korea, France

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

ALL

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young girl lives a hard life in a rural Korean mining town. She endures poverty and family struggles while trying to find moments of connection and hope.

slow-burnmelancholicbleakvisually starkcontemplativeintimatesparseemotionally raw

What happens

With a Girl of Black Soil (Korean: 검은 땅의 소녀와; French: La Petite Fille de la terre noire), is a 2007 South Korean-French drama film co-written and directed by Jeon Soo-il. The film premiered in the Orizzonti section at the 64th edition of the Venice Film Festival, winning the Lina Mangiacapre Award and the Art Cinema CICAE Award. It was awarded best film at the 2008 Deauville Asian Film Festival, and won the NETPAC Award at the 12th Busan International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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