I Can Speak (2017)

Original title

아이 캔 스피크

Directed by

Kim Hyun-seok

Genre

drama film, comedy drama

Country

South Korea

Runtime

1h 59m

Rated

12

Rating

7.9 of 10 from 70 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An elderly woman known for filing complaints in her neighborhood meets a young government worker. She learns English from him to testify about her past as a comfort woman during World War II.

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What happens

I Can Speak is a 2017 South Korean comedy-drama film based on a true story of comfort women directed by Kim Hyun-seok and distributed by Lotte Entertainment. The film depicts the story of the resolution of conviction for "comfort women" (HR121) of the Japanese military in 2007. Though the film is a comedy, the genre serves as a vehicle to discuss the deeper topic of Korean comfort women. The way that film illustrated Na Ok-Bun's enterprising attitude of her life and her courageously testifying in front of the whole world were applauded. The film stars Na Moon-hee as Na Ok-Bun, with Lee Je-hoon as Park Min-Jae. The scene of Na Ok-Bun's testimony to the United States Congress was filmed at the Capitol Building of Virginia, in the city of Richmond. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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