Passing through Bangkok, this was the only English-subtitled film on show that was not a Hollywood zero-brainer. I had no idea what I was going to see at all, but I was pleasantly surprised. I did not understand why people were always shouting at one another, even when they were having a friendly chat or an intimate tête-à-tête, but I guess that must be a Korean thing. The film was quite intelligently constructed, suggesting many powerful events and emotions off-screen by a clever choice of what was not shown. The highlight of the movie, however, was Min-jeong Seo's smile. Whether she was happy or sad, excited or afraid, it was always there, beautiful and enigmatic. Even in death.
Review of Samaritan Girl
