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London Korean Film Festival

1 November – 14 November 2019

The Odd Family: Zombie On Sale
The Odd Family: Zombie On Sale

The 2019 edition of the London Korean Film Festival mixed the most celebrated Korean films of the year - some of them being screened outside their country of origin for the first time - with a retrospective exploring the country's rich cinematic history and a special focus on the work of female directors.

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  • Height Of The Wave
    Review preview for Height Of The Wave

    There's a natural affinity between islands and film noir, but this one is additionally claustrophobic.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A thriller about greed and corruption in a small town.
  • Yukiko
    Review preview for Yukiko

    The human tragedy at the centre of this tale brings historic events crashing into the present and makes the impact of the war on human lives a much more tangible reality.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    The filmmaker contemplates the Japanese grandmother she never knew.
  • The Seashore Village
    Review preview for The Seashore Village

    The film is held together by Ko's heartbreaking central performance and by Jeon Jo-myeong's magnificent cinematography.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A woman struggles to get by after her husband disappears while out fishing.
  • A Woman Judge
    Review preview for A Woman Judge

    Today it's interesting in large part because of the way it highlights the conceptual gaps in early feminist challenges to Confucian ideas about gender.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A lawyer defends her mother-in-law, who has confessed to murder.
  • The Odd Family: Zombie On Sale
    Review preview for The Odd Family: Zombie On Sale

    Korean comedies are known for their quirkiness and The Odd Family combines this with a set of principal characters so wilfully obnoxious that it would be difficult not to like them.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    When a pharmaceutical company's illegal experiments inadvertently create a zombie, the strange Park family finds it and tries to profit from its unexpected viagra-like effect.
  • Idol
    Review preview for Idol

    The challenging moral and psychological undercurrent that keeps it interesting as the primary narrative begins to flounder.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Politician Koo Myung-hui discovers his wife in the garage, cleaning their son’s bloodstained car. He has just run someone over.