24th(2022)
Opening Film (1) | Discovery (12) |
Asian Shorts (20) | I-Teens (6) |
New Currents (26) | The Landscape of Here in Now (5) |
Polemics (6) | Queer Rainbow (7) |
Feminist Collective (9) | The moments with Yeri HAN (10) |
Remembering Oblivion (4) | Restored (10) |
Film X Gender (2) | Barrier Free (1) |
Documentary Ock Rang (2) | Special Screening (1) |
In Memory of KANG Soo-yeon (1) |
KANG Mi-ja
Let the Blue River Run is full of hearts to be clear and wide, to hug a returnee with open arms, to be with beloved ones and do anything with them. The film is set in a school for ethnic Koreans in Gil Lim, China. Students in their adolescence live with different faces. Someone disappears, another smokes, and another dreams of a nice motorbike and a mobile phone. That means this place is not an ideal school full of innocence and positive energy. The important thing is the power of perseverance in life. It is also Han Yeri¡¯s second feature. In hindsight, it was more meaningful. Han¡¯s face is remembered as staying in a place intruding on the film¡¯s innocence, but in fact, it was an active image linking the energy of life and constantly reacting to her surroundings. It is easy to be lethargic and grow hard to be with friends in the real world. Can we continue to live not to blame others like water drops or pebbles that struggle every day? Suki (Han Yeri), who gently dances on a rainy day and cries while reading poems, quietly comforts us by saying it can be so. [SON Sinae]
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