Philip French 

Treeless Mountain

Two abandoned young girls find solace in their grandmother's country home in this pleasing Korean study, says Philip French
  
  


Much influenced by Ozu, this tender, minimalist picture by a Korean director long resident in the States is inspired by her childhood in Pusan. Two small girls aged six and three are left by their mother with an aunt in Seoul while she goes in search of her errant husband. The impatient, alcoholic aunt gives them a Dickensian time before shipping them off to Grandma in the countryside where they're treated rather better. It's a familiar subject, well handled and performed.

 

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