Yoorijungwon (2017)

Yoorijungwon: Directed by Su-won Shin. With Moon Geun-young, Kim Tae-hoon, Sin Dong-ryeok, Eun-Chong Go. Despite her disabled leg, Ph.D. student Jae-yeon is a brilliant researcher with a rare ability to communicate with nature. Having been hurt by her hypocrite colleague and lover, she turns her back to the world and goes deep into the forest to live alone in a glass garden.

“Acting, cinematography and direction are all great hence the score. However, it is so slow and with a runtime of almost two hours it feels much longer. With a script that matches the ponderous pacing it falls apart very quickly and becomes almost depressing in its nature, which is somewhat ironic.”