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Oasis
Why this pick
Lee Chang-dong again pairs an emotionally bruising character study with an unsparing view of social cruelty, finding fragile tenderness amid damage rather than offering easy redemption.
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MOVIE1999 2h 10m KOR
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Yong-ho is a forty year-old man who shows up unexpectedly at the twentieth reunion of former factory workers. The film goes on a time travel as seven past episodes of Young-ho's personal life reveal a link to twenty years of social and economic changes in Korea.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Kim Yeo-jin
Hongja
Moon So-ri
Yun Sun-im
Kim In-kwon
Sergeant Lee
Gong Hyung-jin
Detective Song
Lee Dae-yeon
Detective Kang