Han Gong-ju (2013)
14KHan Gong-ju: Directed by Su-jin Lee. With Woo-hee Chun, In-sun Jung, So-young Kim, Yeong-ran Lee. Han Gong-Ju transfers to a new school to escape her past. It takes a long time for hers troubled past to catch up with her, but when it does the revelation is devastating.
“Slow, scattered. Some subplot should have been trimmed or cut completely. The fundamental crime is a bit unbelievable, like a home invasion out of a horror movie, and that undermines the tower of disconnected scenes on top. The climax and the ending are rushed.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA well shot and well acted film, but the lead had hardly anything to work with. For all the filmu0026#39;s length, we know almost nothing about the main characteru0026#39;s life before the incident, which makes it hard to relate to her. Her performance was good but with the languid pace and editing, and the drip feed script, she almost seems blank, but the film just manages to avoid this. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe problem is, the film builds all this emotional weight on a somewhat sensational premise and this kind of trauma requires a treatment more committed to the character. Nobody helps her in the end, not the other characters, but not the director either, or the viewers, who really become voyeurs.”
