Jeon Do Yeon is a South Korean actress. Choosing where to start on Secret Sunshine is difficult because there are at least 3 or 4 distinct turning points in the film that mark a huge shift in Shin-ae's mental state/ability to process her grief. On the way home, she passes by a vigil held for her by the pharmacist couple; it is interrupted when a rock is hurled at a window. This drives. When. This has the effect of making her relationship with god seem even more shallow. Secret Sunshine A master of intensely emotional human dramas, director Lee Chang-dong is a luminary of contemporary Korean cinema, and his place on the international stage was cemented by this stirring and unpredictable work examining grief and deliverance. She's completely blank and seems unable to process anything around her. Shin-ae's relationship with god isn't particularly complex. After the death of her husband from a traffic accident, Lee Shin-ae (Jeon Do-yeon) and her only child Jun move to Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province, her husband's hometown, to start life anew. Her face is happy, but her eyes are not. And at the same time how close to sacred, how much like a spiritual possession. At this point in the film, Shin-ae identifies as atheist, though she's had Christianity pushed on her by the pharmacist across the street. and wont stop following her around to get a date, even though she shows no interest and is a different type of personality. Immediately after Jun is kidnapped, Shin-ae is (understandably) overwhelmed and simply does whatever the kidnappers tell her to do. Unfortunately, the negotiation breaks down when they discover she doesn't have as much as she'd led people in Miryang to believe and Jun is killed as a result. If you are an Australian resident, any donations over $2 are tax deductible. 49. Blood Type: O Movies. Jeon has given Shin-ae a rebel streak, and time and again she leans into it, that part of the character that says if I must fall apart, I will do so spectacularly. Writer and director Lee Chang-dong has made a compelling and poignant drama about one woman's journey into the far country of forgiveness. She seems to find some peace and even grace in Christianity, giving herself up to the abstract wisdom and unknowable motivations of god. Like the earlier scene where she sees Jun's body, the camera in this scene takes a somewhat detached but respectful position for the most part. He is also co-curator of the Melbourne Cinmathque and was an editor of Senses of Cinema from 2000 to 2014. Rating. When Jin was old enough, Ogre would come for him. Even I must admit that Lee paints a rather unflattering picture of Christians, or at least one particular brand of Christians that like to compress, simplify and commodify their faith. The experience of watching [Chang-dong's] films is not always pleasant yet his quiet and exacting humaneness infuses even the most dreadful moments with an intimation of grace. Shin-ae (Do-yeon Jeon) and her son Jun (Jung-yeop Seon) move to the small town of Milyang - also known as "Secret Sunshine." Granted, it's hard to blame her for wanting that but the point Lee makes is that Christianity wasn't offering her a legitimate coping mechanism. Secret Sunshine legendas. Secret Sunshine. Shin-ae becomes a church-goer and wants to forgive the murderer. For example, Shin-ea tells a woman who runs a shop that she should paint the place to make it more appealing to customers. He runs a local garage and is a very friendly fellow. Grief is never straightforward. Jong-chan rejects her proposal for sex and offers to drive her home, but she physically refuses. It will return to this image of the sky several more times, with ever more complex associations and questioning motivations, initiating an almost literary pattern of repetition and variation. One night, Shin-ae returns home late after partying to discover that Jun is missing. The former author Lee Chang-dong(Poetry/Peppermint Candy/Green Fish) writes and directs aneffective but not a superior drama that explores the effects of grief on a young widow in modern Korea. In keeping with the equivocal view of community, religion and morality it presents, Lees film concludes with a series of images and actions that are disarmingly calming, unsettling and symbolically apt. After this, the film immediately jumps forward by an unspecified amount of time. She whispers something at the sky that is, at first, impossible to make out. from Seoul to Miryang, the hometown of her deceased businessman husband who recently died in a car accident. Chong-jun Yi. Secret Sunshine ( Korean : ; Hanja : ; RR : Miryang) is a 2007 South Korean drama film directed by Lee Chang-dong. In public, she is generally restrained and quiet, but when she lets go, she really lets go. After her car breaks down, Kim Jong-chan (Song Kang-ho) comes to her rescue. Dennis Schwartz: Ozus World Movie Reviews, Copyright 2023 - Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews. Lee Seung Jun is a South Korean actor under Jump Entertainment. Third and finally just as an FYI for anybody who doesn't know, almost exactly 30% of South Koreans identify as Christian. Dec 22, 2010. Lee has claimed the influence of filmmakers such as John Cassavetes and Robert Bresson upon his work. Shin-ae eventually decides that she wants to see the man who murdered Jun in order to forgive him. The final, conventionally ugly shot of the wet ground as Shin-aes hair blows towards it intimates the troubling matter-of-factness of daily experience and is reminiscent of the sunken quarry in which her sons body was found. But when, visits the prison to forgive the killer, he tells her he has found God and has peace now that he knows God has forgiven him. As she tries to come to herself and | dG1fMC1EWkhveFczVVk . Secret Sunshine ends with the ground. When he learns that Shin-ae intends to open a piano academy for children, he gets the word out in the town. When she delivers less than the amount required, the boy is killed. Released , 'Secret Sunshine' stars Jeon Do-yeon, Song Kang-ho, Jo Young-jin, Seon Jeong-yeop The movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 22 min, and received a user score of 71 (out of 100) on TMDb . Berating the unknowing Jong for his choice of venue, she leaves the salon, visually questioning, by her gaze skyward, the overriding cruelty of an ironic god. 94%. [16] In 2020, The Guardian ranked it number 7 among the classics of modern South Korean Cinema. My guess is a month or two, though no indication is really given. Jong-chan claims he is only trying to be a Good Samaritan. Scott of the New York Times called the film "clear, elegant and lyrical. Read full review. A new life gone terribly wrong. Shin-ae isnt locked off into an impenetrable state of madness; just as soon as the dust settles, she has to try and function as a member of society. George Pattison, a chartered accountant, murdered his wife Emma and their daughter, Lettie, with a shotgun before turning the weapon on himself. Sin-ae moves with her son Jun to Miryang, the town where her dead husband was born. . A born-again Christian who works at the pharmacy tells her about a revival meeting and promises that the gift of God is peace of mind and healing from life's woes. And every time she responds to a tragedy with a cold, withdrawn expression, the intense body movements offer more of a pay-off. Because of that, she spirals back down into grief and hits an even lower point than she did earlier in the film. I apologize ahead of time if this comes off as being overly critical of Christianity. 2:32. Shin-ae denies this, but still hates her late husband for unspecified reasons. Unfortunately, it doesnt touch the heart as much as it thinks it does, and loses its way by becoming too plodding in its possible romance story and showing how religious exuberance might give joy but could be as dangerous as a drug when you come off its highs. Secret Sunshine (2007) Secret Sunshine (2007) 7.5 6,067 Trailer Sin-ae moves with her son Jun to Miryang, the town where her dead husband was born. A little later, she is once again accosted by the pharmacist across the street. Even as it crescendos into tragedy, the movie keeps its grasp of everyday banality. Dec 22, 2010. Sunshine and Bullets is a story about massively broken characters. Unfortunately, it doesnt touch the heart as much as it thinks it does, and loses its way by becoming too plodding in its possible romance story and showing how religious exuberance might give joy but could be as dangerous as a drug when you come off its highs. ) Shin-ae's brother visits from Seoul, wondering why she has returned to Miryang considering that her husband cheated on her. Jeons performance as Shin-ae is truly remarkable in its range, subtlety and sense of both closeness and distance. And what are we to think when there arent any tears to measure? Credits and casting. This is another really remarkable scene and the first time I saw it I actually didn't understand what was happening at first. Not long before, her mother-in-law had been demanding to see evidence of inconsolable anguish. Like, kind of gross but also cute happy. North Korea's unpredictable leader Kim Jong-un has many ways of making war upon his neighbors. Get info about new releases, sales, and our online publication, Current. After Jun's death, Shin-ae is a completely different person. She either realizes what she's done or she's just complete delirious as she goes outside and cries for help. She seems to feel it all. As she tries to come to herself and set out on new foundations, another tragic event overturns her life. This is where Lee really starts to overtly criticize Christianity. The film . A compelling and poignant Korean film about a besieged widow's journey into the far country of forgiveness. Dateline is the long-running, award-winning news magazine bringing viewers stories ranging from compelling mysteries to powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Sin-ae moves with her son Jun to Miryang, the town where her dead husband was born. A pretty thirtysomething widow named Lee Shin-Ae (Jeon Do-yeon) relocates with her elementary school-aged youngster Jun (Seon Jeong-yeob) from Seoul to Miryang, the hometown of her deceased businessman husband who recently died in a car accident. Secret Sunshine Original title: Milyang 2007 Not Rated 2 h 22 m IMDb RATING 7.5 /10 8.7K YOUR RATING Rate Play trailer 2:35 1 Video 59 Photos Drama A woman moves to the town where her dead husband was born. Indeed, Lee seems to imply that they're mutually exclusive. But when Juns killer tells her that he, too, has found God, and, whats more, that God has forgiven him, Shin-ae suddenly meets the depths of despair. We can hardly see her through the crack in the window, but, like when she convinces the man to cheat on his wife with her, and when she plays the music, we know exactly what shes thinking and feeling. They give us a clearer indication of the transformation that grief puts its subject through. On the journey home she walks past the clothes shop of a woman someone she has gradually struck up a friendship with to whom she had given unwanted decorating advice earlier in the film. Just like being born again as a Christian is supposed to change who you are and everything you believe, being born again in grief alters your most fundamental values and ideals. In this devastating scene, Jeon takes us right up to the line where rapture and tantrum meet. Shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968, presidential candidate, Robert F. Kennedy was shot three times after giving a speech at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. As she gazes up at the sky and speaks with God, she by extension speaks with the audience. He is a frequent contributor to Film Comment and 4Columns. As a result, this woman is the first to gossip about the stranger at the beautician's. Featuring vo. Enjoy behind the scenes footage of Rolf Lvland and Fionnuala Sherry from Secret Garden recording the song "Sunshine" featured in "Storyteller". By forgiving him of her own son's murder, Shin-ae could change their entire relationship and make Do-seop feel beholden to her and the extreme mercy and compassion she was displaying. It received multiple awards, including several Best Film wins and numerous Best Actress awards for Do-yeon. However, Shin-ae walks into the pharmacy and seduces the pharmacist's husband, but he is unable to perform, and she misses the date. This would also set up a fateful encounter. Spirituality & Practice. He was leaving a motorcycle dealership in south Florida on Monday when a gunman shot him . After the funeral scene, the rest of Secret Sunshine plays out as one womans descent into purgatory, an arc that places Jeon Do-yeons exposed nerve of a performance in the company of Gena Rowlands in A Woman Under the Influence, Isabelle Adjani in Possession, and so many other great roles that flirt with ideas of female hysteria.But what makes Jeons work here so satisfying is the matter-of-fact way she and Lee navigate Shin-aes whiplash moods. We soon learn that the motivation behind this move is the recent death of her husband, but sorrow isnt detectable on her face; even when her car breaks down on the highway, she is reassuringly in control and at ease, not yet at anyones mercy. She will visit the man in prison who killed her son and forgive him. As she tries to come to herself and set out on new foundations, another tragic event overturns her life. And in one of the films most emotionally complex scenes, excerpted in the video below, she opens up the floodgates. Director Lee Chang-dong Writers Lee Chang-dong Chung-Joon Lee (novel) Stars An exemplary examination of coping that expands to entail questions of morality, absolution and faith, Lee Chang-dong's Secret Sunshine is a masterwork of incisive melodrama. They've never experienced suffering and loss like Shin-ae and they seem unable to simply sympathize with her. Jun was determined to save Kazuya from Devil's possession, and the inner conflict she inspired in him was the main reason he was defeated and seemingly killed by Heihachi at the end of The King of Iron Fist Tournament 2. Tony Holden, who turned himself in to authorities, was arrested for allegedly murdering rapper, Lil Snupe, seen here in his June 25, 2013 mugshot. The Christians portrayed in Secret Sunshine are just suggesting a cookie cutter process they'd suggest to almost anybody who isn't Christian. Under the disapproving scrutiny of the gossipy locals, she sets up a piano school and finds a puppyish admirer in a friendly mechanic (the popular actor Song Kang-ho, last seen here in "The Host . A brief exchange indicates that this woman has actually taken her advice after initially complaining about her meddlesome, unwanted criticism and the liberating laughter of their initially uncomfortable conversation provides an earthy brake on Shin-aes admittedly understandable self-pity. They may genuinely want to help Shin-ae, but their faith makes them unable to actually reach out and sympathizing with her in any sort of meaningful way. Just outside her home, Shin-ae is called by a pharmacist who tells her that the solution to her problems is belief in God. Lee presents Christianity as the easy way out. That, I think, is his core issue with Christianity. Whether innate or self-willed, her optimism is apparent every time she puts on a happy face for her son, whos still young enough to respond to his mothers attempts to keep him entertained, distracted from their less than fortunate reality. For various reasons she's incapable of actually confronting Jun's death in any sort of official capacity and stumbles out onto the street only to see a banner for a Christian revival the pharmacist told her about earlier. Lee shoots it from an extreme distance to the point where it's basically impossible to make out anyone's facial expressions. SECRET SUNSHINE Opens on Wednesday in Manhattan. Returning home, Shin-ae discovers the girl peering into her residence; the latter refuses to explain why and escapes. On the contrary though, I believe it's Lee's way of being respectful and giving Shin-ae room to grieve through his cinematography. At least thats how her in-laws treat her after Jun is kidnapped, held for ransom, and killed. To make things even worse for Shin-ae, she is surrounded by people who feel the exact same way. Feeling unwell one day, Shin-ae visits the pharmacist, who convinces her to join their faith, even though Shin-ae doesn't understand why God would let an innocent child like Jun die. She converted to Christianity entirely for selfish reasons so that she could force her son's murderer to grovel for her forgiveness. I've rambled on a lot here so I'll try and sum all this up in a relatively brief way. She decides to visit her son's murderer in prison and forgive him. [17], On August 23, 2011, The Criterion Collection released the film on DVD and Blu-ray, both of which includes a new video interview with Lee Chang-dong, a behind-the-scenes featurette, the US theatrical trailer, and a booklet featuring a new film essay by film critic Dennis Lim. Csar Albarrn-Torres Amanda Barbour Tara Judah Abel Muoz-Hnonin Fiona Villella. [18][19][20], Prix d'interprtation fminine (Best Actress), Korean Association of Film Critics Awards, "Festival Distinguished by Its Strong Actresses", "Cannes top prize goes to Korean film actress", "Theatrical Releases in 2007: Box-Office Admission Results", "The directors' cut: film-makers choose the best movies of the century so far", "Classics of modern South Korean cinema ranked! The central thing you should take away from Secret Sunshine is that intense grief is overwhelming, destructive and changes who you are at a fundamental level. [3] For her performance in the film, Jeon Do-yeon won the Prix d'interprtation fminine (Best Actress) at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. Genre: Drama / Arthouse / Religion / Award Winning Production Budget: US$ 3.5M What makes this response so noticeable is the opposition between pre- and post-trauma Shin-ae. Desperately seeking community in her college years, the writer discovered the world of experimental cinema when she stumbled on a short-film program at an art-house in Manchester, England. Although Shin-aes journey into faith and out again ultimately rails against the undiscriminating forgiveness of god, the film does not fall back on easy stereotypes of the vacuously happy Christian or of a rigid fundamentalism. The film was widely acclaimed on the festival circuit, with particular and universal praise for Do-yeon's performance. Driven by unrelenting mental anguish, Shin-Ae joins an evangelical church and becomes a re-born Christian. At a group meeting later in her home she denies gods right to forgive this man before she has, questioning: How could God do that to me?. Shin-ae then tries to have sex with Jong-chan who's been fawning over her the entire film (and who I haven't even mentioned once before this despite him being a major character). Before leaving, Shin-ae's brother tells Jong-chan to stop pursuing Shin-ae. As she walks away, her expression is blank: she does not need to look proud or angry because the action speaks for itself. Although Shin-ae lies to herself, Jeon refuses to lie to the camera. Shin-ae has completely embraced Christianity, but now Lee really starts to show the inadequacies of religion when it comes to dealing with grief. The initial, if superficial hope of change and cleansing offered by this routine action is undermined by the fact that her young hairdresser turns out to be the daughter of her sons murderer, herself recently released from juvenile detention. The wide-open space of the countryside is contrasted with the more circumspect and distanced view glimpsed out of the car window. Name: Jeon Do-Yeon Hangul: Birthdate: February 11, 1973 Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea Education: Seoul Institute of the Arts, Graduate School of Korea University Height: 165 cm. Winnfield Police Dept . "[15] In 2019, director Hirokazu Kore-eda named it as the best film of the 21st century, praising Lee's "deep insight into human nature". Still reeling from the recent death of her husband, Shin-ae (Jeon Do-yeon) desperately needed to escape. Secret Sunshine is a frequently beautiful film with a cold, dark heart. As the film winds through its first half-hour, we observe Shin-ae making a solid effort to assimilate into the community, engaging in small talk with a shop owner or women at a hair salon, socializing with the teachers and fellow parents shes met at her sons school. Perfect for 9+ readers and fans of Elle McNicoll, Lisa Thompson and Onjali Rauf. Sin-ae moves with her son Jun to Miryang, the town where her dead husband was born. At least that's how her in-laws treat her after Jun is kidnapped, held for ransom, and killed. Check out never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! God beats Shin-ae to the punch and she feels cheated out of the superiority and power she wanted over Do-seop. Its just us and her now. At home, she begins cutting her own hair. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. We acknowledge the sovereignty of the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin nation and support all Aboriginal people on their paths to self-determination. her sentiment, and it doesnt even really matter what she is saying because her eyes tell us precisely the pain that she is feeling. On the day she is discharged from the hospital, Jong-chan takes her to a salon, where the girl now works, to do her hair. Watch Secret Sunshine online Buy at Amazon Movie details Sin-ae moves with her son Jun to Miryang, the town where her dead husband was born. As she tries to come to herself and set out on new foundations, another tragic event. Secret Sunshine: The Criterion Collection. I decided to write about this in part because it fits very well in the theme of the month and also because the Korean film industry is still somewhat overlooked despite the fact that (in my opinion) it's producing better films than any other country in the world right now. This gives her temporary relief believing that God is by her side. "In early June, the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different.". After losing her husband, Shin Ae, a single mother, relocates to her husband's hometown Miryang ("Secret Sunshine") for a new start. [2] "Secret Sunshine" is a powerful film, both complex and honest in its natural rhythms and brilliantly performed by the lead actors, yet Shin-ae's loss of emotional grounding becomes overly insistent and melodramatic towards the end in spite of a superb performance by Jeon, who won the award for Best Actress at Cannes. 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