Busan reviews – Page 5
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Reviews‘Summer Blur’: Busan Review
This sensitive, assured debut focuses on the anguished adolescence of a teenager who’s a bystander in her own life
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Reviews‘Children Of The Night’: Busan Review
A chilling documentary takes us inside a Turkish refugee camp in which boys are trained to kill
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Reviews‘Bittersweet’: Busan Review
Ananth Narayan Mahadevan explores the plight of female sugar cane cutters in India
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Reviews‘Beyond You’: Busan Review
A South Korean metaphysical melodrama that defies the laws of time and space
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Reviews‘Red Soil’: Busan Review
This whistleblower drama, co-produced by the Dardenne brothers, is buoyed by strong performances
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Reviews‘Teddy’: Busan Review
Rising star Anthony Bajon is magnetic in a soulful horror film full of giggles and social commentary
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Reviews‘Bilesuvar’: Busan Review
The titular Azerbaijan city serves as the setting for five loosely intertwined vignettes
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Reviews‘School Town King’: Busan Review
Two Bangkok teens rap about their lives in the Klong Toey slum in this empathetic documentary
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Reviews‘Septet: The Story Of Hong Kong’: Busan Review (opening film)
Seven filmmakers contribute to this anthology series that offers misty-eyed memories and highly personal stories
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Reviews‘Trouble Will Find Us’: Busan Review
Love doesn’t last in this romantic drama about a couple who realise they hate each other
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Reviews‘Rival’: Busan Review
A superb performance from Yelizar Nazarenko propels this drama about a nine-year-old boy in increasingly dire straits
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Reviews‘Emptiness’: Busan Review
This portrait of the migrant experience stars non-professional actors cast from Guayaquil’s real-life Chinese immigrant community
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Reviews‘Three’: Busan Review
A rookie cop tracks a serial-killer cannibal in this disquieting true crime thriller
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Reviews‘The Art Of Dying Far Away’: Busan Review
A divorcing couple can’t decide what to do with their pet turtle in this quirky relationship drama
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Reviews‘A Balance’: Busan Review
Japan’s culture of shame is explored in this study of a principled documentary filmmaker who uncovers a scandal
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Reviews‘Los Lobos’: Busan Review
A Mexican mother brings her two young children to the USA in search of a better life
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Reviews‘Fabulous’: Busan Review
A wannabe-writer befriends a popular Instagram star in this cautionary Canadian drama
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Reviews‘The Accidental Rebel’: Busan Review
A Syrian man finds himself drawn into conflict while searching for his missing brother
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