Eternal Brightness

October. 06,2022      
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Oh Minwook’s Eternal Brightness, adapted from Jo Gapsang’s novel Eye of the Night, narrates the past and the present lives of the characters who have lived through the contemporary history of Korea, from the Korean War in the 1950s to the Busan-Masan Democratic Protests calling for the Park Chung-hee administration’s Yushin regime in October 1979.

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Phonearl
2022/10/06

Good start, but then it gets ruined

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GazerRise
2022/10/07

Fantastic!

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Borserie
2022/10/08

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

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Brendon Jones
2022/10/09

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

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