"Secret Sunshine" is the latest effort from acclaimed Korean director Lee Chang Dong, who previously won praise and prizes both at home and abroad for his films "Green Fish", "Peppermint Candy" and "Oasis". Returning to the director's chair following his work as Korean Minister of Culture and Tourism from 2003 to 2004, he managed to enlist two of the biggest names in Korean cinema in the form of Song Kang Ho (recently in "The Show Must Go On" and Bong Joon Ho's blockbuster hit "The Host") and Jeon Do Yeon (who enjoyed success with "You are my Sunshine" and the controversial films "The Untold Scandal" and "Happy End"), whose performance won her the Best Actress award at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival
, at which the film itself was nominated for the Golden Palm. Unsurprisingly, the film has since been chosen as the country's entry for the 2008 Academy Awards.
The film begins with widow Shin Ae (Jeon Do Yeon) and her young son Jun moving to the small town of Milyang (which translates as secret sunshine') where her husband was born. Opening up a piano school with the help of local man Jong Chan (Song Kang Ho), she tries to rebuild her life, a dream which is shattered when the boy is kidnapped and murdered. This fresh tragedy pushes her over the edge, and she falls in with the local Christian church. Her newfound religious beliefs initially give her comfort and strength, though she is soon tested when she decides to try and find it in her heart to forgive the man responsible for Jun's cruel death.
Although "Secret Sunshine" may appear to cover some potentially familiar ground recently also explored in the likes of "Voice of a Murderer" and Christian prison drama "Maundy Thursday" and may sound like a sure recipe for yet another slice of gloomy melodrama, it actually turns out to be a very different proposition indeed. Of course, this should not come as much of a surprise given the pedigree of Lee's previous works, though it's a tribute to his skill as a storyteller that he here manages mine such an uninspiring premise into something which is wholly engrossing and intellectually challenging. This film is one where the viewer slowly gets to know and becomes involved with the characters, without ever being patronised or spoon fed clichs, and as a result they come across as being real and indeed painfully human rather than the usual kind of obvious two dimensional stereotypes.
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