Asian Movies All Over the Map

...One of the festival’s real finds is the South Korean film “Breathless,” a closely observed drama written, produced and co-directed by its star, the vividly talented Yang Ik-june. An enforcer for small-time loan sharks, Mr. Yang’s character, Sang-hoon, has found a professional outlet for his violent nature, though he’s hardly a becalmed spirit. He goes through life cursing and clobbering his co-workers and family until he encounters a high school girl even more foulmouthed than he is. Without editorializing, “Breathless” suggests that while South Korea may have moved beyond a militaristic, authoritarian culture, residue of the dark era — in the form of an interpersonal network of brutality and victimization — survives...

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/movies/19asia.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

기자 아저씨가 제대로 보셨다.
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