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Dear Lena (2016)

Dear Lena poster
Original title
레나
Directed by
Kim Do-won
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
South Korea
Runtime
1h 49m
Rated
12
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Russian woman of Korean descent escapes a hard life in Russia to marry a Korean farmer. They live simply on his farm, each carrying their own painful past, and her growing feelings for him make leaving harder.

slow-burnmelancholicgentleintimatesubduedcontemplativetenderemotionally restrained

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