Busan reviews
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         Reviews Reviews‘Spying Stars’ review: Vimukthi Jayasundara meditates on grief in lyrical Sri Lankan sci-fi dramaA scientist returning from space to bury her father encounters a dystopic world in Busan Competition title 
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         Reviews Reviews’By Another Name’ review: A dying filmmaker attempts a final project in South Korean dramaBusan Competition title is latest work from Hong Sang-soo apprentice Lee Jea-han 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Gloaming In Luomu’ review: Zhang Lu delivers an enigmatic Chinese small-town mysteryA woman searches for her missing boyfriend in the Korean-Chinese filmmaker’s Busan Competition title 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Seven O’Clock Breakfast Club For The Brokenhearted’ review: Seoul-set romance explores love and lossMoving Busan Competition drama follows a young woman struggling to move on from a relationship 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Beautiful Dreamer’ review: Sensitive South Korean drama explores the impact of suicideA mother and daughter attempt to move on from the death of the family patriarch in Lee Kwang-kuk’s Busan premiere 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Without Permission’ review: An exiled filmmaker returns to Iran in Hassan Nazer’s bold docudramaReal Iranian children discuss love and hope in the British-Iranian director’s Busan Competition feature 
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         Reviews Reviews‘The Second Child’ review: Lim Soo-jung stars in atmospheric South Korean horror-tinged mysteryA mother and daughter attempt to move on from tragedy in Yu Eun-jeong’s Busan Competition premiere 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Leave The Cat Alone’ review: Enigmatic Japanese debut depicts a marriage blown off courseShigaya Daisuke’s Tokyo-set relationship drama bows in Busan Competition 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Funky Freaky Freaks’ review: South Korean debut is frantic tale of high school jealousy and revengeHyper-stylised Busan Competition entry is grounded by strong performances 
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         Reviews Reviews‘En Route To’ review: A surprise teenage pregnancy fuels this accomplished South Korean debutYoo Jae-in’s Korean Academy of Film Arts graduation project premieres in Busan Competition 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Another Birth’ review: Lyrical Tajikistan drama sees a young girl search for a mythical creatureBusan competition title is first in intended trilogy from US-based Tajik filmmaker Isabelle Kalandar 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Baka’s Identity’ review: A trio of Japanese internet scammers attempt to escape their life of crimeKoto Nagata’s low-key crime thriller premieres in Busan Competition 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Spirit World’: Busan ReviewEric Khoo’s whimsical tale of the afterlife stars Catherine Deneuve as a chain-smoking chanteuse and is set in Tokyo 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Yen And Ai-Lee’: Busan ReviewKimi Hsia Yu-chiao and Yang Kuei-mei impress in this striking black-and-white Taiwanese mother-daughter drama 
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         Reviews Reviews‘For Rana’: Busan ReviewA circus motorcyclist in Iran is desperate to find a new heart for his ailing daughter 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Montages Of A Modern Motherhood’: Busan ReviewA first-time mother comes under increasing pressure in this astute Hong Kong drama 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Waterdrop’: Busan ReviewA bereaved teenager goes to extreme lengths to find a new family in this uneven Korean debut 
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         Reviews Reviews‘The Land Of Morning Calm’: Busan ReviewThe disappearance of a local fisherman sends ripples through his South Korean coastal community 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Mr K’: Busan ReviewCrispin Glover finds himself trapped in the hotel from hell in this Kafka-esque surrealist comedy 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Abel’: Busan ReviewThe life of a Kazakh farmer unravels after the collapse of the Soviet Union 
 








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