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Program 5
ArcLight Hollywood • 7:30 p.m.
A GOOD LAWYER’S WIFE (Baramnan Gajok)
(South Korea, 2003) Dir./Scr.: Im Sang-soo
Lawyer Young-jak (Hwang) counsels families of massacre victims between spending time with his family and his lover. His wife Ho-jung (Moon) releases her energy through dance rehearsals between caring for their adopted son and her in-laws. Aware of Young-jak’s infidelity, Ho-jung begins fancying the high-school boy next door, a crush that leads the good lawyer’s wife into some remarkably unlawful circumstances. A box-office success in South Korea, A GOOD LAWYER’S WIFE continues the remarkable trend amongst recent Korean films to confront shifting gender roles. The lawyer struggles to release himself from the transgressions of his father’s past, whereas his mother joins with his wife to break from the traditions that confine, while still retaining those that heal.
35mm, 104 min., color, Narrative, in Korean w/Eng. subtitlesCLICK HERE to go to the VC FILMFEST ONLINE BOXOFFICE and purchase tickets for this program.
