Cannes 2022: Next Sohee movie review — Kim Si-eun, Bae Doona face social outrage in gritty drama by A Girl at My Door director July Jung

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4/5 stars In 2014, July Jung jolted audiences at the Cannes Film Festival (and then elsewhere) with A Girl at My Door, a gritty social drama in which alcoholics and bullies of all shapes and sizes run amok in a small town in South Korea. Returning to Cannes with her latest film, she presents villains in an even wider spectrum...

Twin Plus PartnersIn 2014, July Jung jolted audiences at the Cannes Film Festival with A Girl at My Door, a gritty social drama in which alcoholics and bullies of all shapes and sizes run amok in a small town in South Korea.

Tracking its protagonist's transformation from a vociferous teenager to a desolate wreck, Jung has offered a scything look of society as a black hole for the young.Next Sohee is delineated into two halves that could be described as the "personal" and the "political". Her self-confidence is shot as she is reduced to a number on performance charts, and her mental state disintegrates as she witnesses the doom and destruction brought about by bad corporate practice — on others, and finally her own.

 

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