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  Animal Town

  South Korea , 2009 , 97 min. Set in modern-day Seoul, Korean writer-director Jeon Kyu-hwan’s drama portrays the lives of two men connected in the past by a horrific event; against the backdrop of bustling optimism, their lives are being destroyed by desperation. Animal Town is the second installment in the Town Trilogy.... more
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  Arirang

  South Korea , 2011 , 100 min. In 2008, the once-prolific Korean director Kim Ki-duk watched as his leading actress suffered a near-fatal on-set injury. Traumatized, the devout Buddhist went into hiding and has not re-emerged—except in the form of this raw, corrosive, self-critical video diary.... more
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  Dance Town

  South Korea , 2010 , 95 min. The final installment of Korean writer-director Jeon Kyu-hwan’s Town Trilogy, Dance Town tells the story of a couple defecting to South Korea. When Man-il is caught and detained by authorities, his wife escapes alone; she tries to start life anew.... more
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  The Day He Arrives

  South Korea , 2011 , 79 min. South Korean director Hong Sang-soo provides a self-referential, seriocomic portrait of a brawling, drunken, desperate film director in crisis, combining elements of 8 1/2 with the man-in-a-wheel repetitions of Groundhog Day.... more
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  Haunters

  South Korea , 2010 , 100 min. Cho-in (Gang Dong-won) has the power to control anyone he can see—with the exception of his doppelgänger, Kyu-nam. When Cho-in tries to rob the shop where Kyu-nam works, an epic chase begins that will end only when one man is left standing. Kim Min-suk directs this crisply satisfying Korean thriller... more
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  Mozart Town

  South Korea , 2008 , 90 min. South Korean writer-director Jeon Kyu-hwan’s 2008 debut was the first in the Town Trilogy (appearing as a whole in SDFF34), which examines themes of urban alienation and desperation. Sara is a pianist who sees Seoul through the eyes of a tourist, while the city’s own residents struggle daily.... more
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  A Scene at the Sea

  South Korea , 2010 , 21 min. A father and son whose roles have reversed as junior becomes the caretaker of senior execute a delicate dance at the edge of the sea.... more
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  Seopyeonje

  South Korea , 1993 , 112 min. Three Korean pansori singers travel by foot through the countryside, their convoluted stories revealed in a series of flashbacks. Director Im Kwon-taek began his career as a maker of commercial films; after encountering the pansori tradition, he got down to more serious work.... more