Ji-su Kim, Jeong-min Hwang, Mi-seong Kim

In her mid-twenties, Jeong-hae is a postal worker who lives a monotonous daily routine. She is kind, detached, and delicate, and accepts being cut off from the outside world as natural. When she takes...( read more  read more... ) in a stray cat she happens to remember things about her mother, and when an aspiring writer who comes to the post office expresses interest in her, her unexplained peacefulness is shaken, and hidden trauma begins to make its way to the surface of her emotions.

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Unrated, 99 min.

Directed by: Yoon-ki Lee

Release Date: October 10, 2004

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  • October 15, 2009
    For most of this I thought it had a chance to make my list. I really dug how understated the material was and the director also makes some excellent impressionistic triggers into memory. The Jeanne Dielman-like stoic neurosis of the main character was right up my alley, but unfor...( read more)tunately the director eventually opted to try to explain the character using a cliched emotional baggage schtick, especially when it's so incongruent with the obliqueness of the rest of the film. To its credit it ends on a very ambivalent note, avoiding the trap of resolving all tension.
  • February 21, 2009
    This Charming Girl is one of those films that works more as an observation. The script never intrudes on the protagonists life, thoughts or feelings. Instead we are treated to fantastic minimalist scenes that use the actors performance to convey what is going on. It isn't explici...( read more)tly spelled out in the dialogue and some scenes will depend on your interpretation. It's a staggering performance. The film as a whole does tend to drag in places but it adds to the overall impact of other scenes. The build up of ordinary life becoming almost tedious but impossible to resist. It isn't entertainment, nor is it educational, it is simply a record of emotions.
  • May 15, 2008
    A magnificent character study of a woman who has retreated.
  • April 16, 2009
    I was really expeting much from this film...
    The only thing that i really liked is the Camera Movements....

    Too many questions are still unanswered on this one...
  • August 6, 2008
    It would almost be pointless to give a synopsis as the narrative is slight, and secondary to Ji-su Kims extraordinary portrayal of a human beings inner space. Within minutes I had completely forgotten I was watching a work of fiction, I know of no other movie that explorers the i...( read more)nterior life of its characters so intimately. Shot almost entirely with a hand-held camera, and with a restrained unobtrusive soundtrack, this movie follows Jeong-hye, an introverted post office worker through her day. As the story unfolds, this reserved and seemingly unemotional woman is shown to be a deep and complex personality deserving of our respect. Inspirational film-making of the highest calibre.

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