Sunday, 8 February 2015

A Girl At My Door

Queer Screen presents the 22nd Mardi Gras Film Festival in Sydney later this month.
I know it's all about the parade but you know it's not!
This year they're screening a gem from South Korea called A Girl At My Door (Do Hee Ya, 도희야).
It stars Bae Doona (Cloud Atlas, Airdoll,...), is a first feature for July Jung, is produced by legendary filmmaker Lee Chang Dong and is a prime example of the excellence that comes out of this country on a regular basis.
I tapped out  a review for a website called Reel Word that goes into my thoughts on this film.
If you're in Sydney on the 21st of Feb and you love good cinema, this could be a part of your day.

A Girl At My Door (review and trailer)
Faced with the choice between lover or career, she chooses career, because her lover is a woman and that love will end her career. This is the unfairness of life for Young-nam (Bae Doona) in A Girl at My Door. A career in the police force is a lifestyle not a job, and she chooses to play society’s game and hide her sexuality.     read more

A selection of screen shots from A Girl At My Door (July Jung 2014)
Bae Doo Na and actor Song Sae Byuk do publicity for Vogue
Kim Sae Ron (Do Hee) and Bae Doo Na (Young Nam)

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