London Korean Film Festival

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  Underdog

  Review preview for Underdog

  The backgrounds are beautiful, showing off the Korean countryside at its finest, but it's the story that really drives the film.

  A pack of abandoned dogs as they navigate the perils imposed by humans in a journey to a fabled people-free haven.
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  Intimate Strangers

  Review preview for Intimate Strangers

  With excellent, carefully balanced performances all round and great chemistry within the group, Intimate Strangers is a real pleasure to watch.

  Friendships and marriages are put at risk when a game played over dinner threatens to reveal intimate secrets.
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  Gull

  Review preview for Gull

  Shooting from odd angles, watching from above or tilting her camera up from below, Kim conveys both the crowded milieu within which her heroine lives and the sense of dislocation that the rape creates.

  Drama about the aftermath of a middle-aged woman's rape.
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  Moving On

  Review preview for Moving On

  A beautifully observed portrait of a family in crisis.

  Okju and Dongju move into their grandpa's house during their summer vacation after their father goes broke... but problems begin with their grandad falls ill.
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  Me And Me

  Review preview for Me And Me

  Jung's feature début is packed full of twists but succeeds because of its focus on character - something that seems to remain consistent even when the characters' circumstances have changed.

  A police detective investigating a tragedy in a small town wakes up one morning to find he’s no longer who he thought he was – or so the locals lead him to believe.
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  Ashfall

  Review preview for Ashfall

  Against the odds, Ashfall works at a dramatic level, largely thanks to the hard work of its cast and a real sense of commitment to the story that holds no matter how silly things get.

  When Baekdu Mountain unexpectedly erupts and threatens to cause an earthquake that could devastate the Korean peninsula, a South Korean team must enter North Korea and steal American-guarded nuclear material in order to stop it.
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  Juvenile Offender

  Review preview for Juvenile Offender

  Kang Yi-kwan's film bristles with life despite his understated style.

  Released from a young offenders' institution into difficult circumstances, a troubled young man searches for stability.