Sunday 11 September 2016

Korean crimes

A Girl at My Door (2014)

Written & directed by July Jung this film stars Bae Doona, Kim Sae-ron and Song Sae-byeok. After a personal scandal a lesbian police officer is transferred to a small fishing town to be chief of police where she tries to help an abused teenage girl.

This film does a good job of dealing with heavy subjects like abuse, alcoholism and prejudice against lesbianism in a low key way that build up to something unsettling. The story leaves the viewer slightly unsure about the relationship between some of the characters which is good for keeping you thinking. There are good performances and direction which stop the material becoming melodramatic of sensationalised.


4/5

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