880-02 Chŏn To-yŏn, Song Kang-ho. Based on the novel by Yi Chʻŏng-jun. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2007. Special features: video interview with director Lee Chang-Dong, On the Set of "Secret Sunshine," a behind-the-scenes video piece featuring interviews with actors Jeon Do-yeon and Song Kang-ho.
Summary:
A master of intensely emotional human dramas, director Lee Chang-dong is a leading light of contemporary Korean cinema, and his place on the international stage was cemented by his stirring and unpredictable work examining grief and deliverance. An effortless mix of light and uncompromising darkness, Secret Sunshine is the story of a widowed piano teacher who moves with her young son from Seoul to her late husband's provincial hometown for a fresh start.
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