Fresh
A seductively watchable, mythically resonant experience.
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
Overview
Mongryong marries the beautiful Chunhyang without telling his father, the Governor of Namwon. When his father is transferred to Seoul, Mongryong has to leave Chunhyang and finish his exams. Chunhyang, being the daughter of a courtesan, is also legally a courtesan. She is beaten and imprisoned when she refuses to obey the new Governor Byun, as she wishes to be faithful to her husband. After three years, Mongryong passes his exam and becomes an emissary to the King. He returns to Namwon, disguised as a beggar, just before Chunhyang is to be flogged to death at the governor's birthday celebration.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
86%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A premodern folk tale in a postmodern form that refreshes both the eye and our ideas about storytelling.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Fresh
Im's movie approaches a seething, primitivist beauty that evokes Makhmalbaf and parallels the contrapuntal textual investigations of Resnais.
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
Fresh
Admiration gives way to something like enthrallment. Be patient and you'll see that this picture casts its own peculiar spell.
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Fresh
It's a movie charmingly traditional and richly cinematic, and I'm not damning with faint praise when I say it's the best Korean film I've seen.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
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