Secret Sunshine: The Criterion Collection [Blu-ray] Reviews

Characters having nervous breakdowns on film are not a new cinematic motif, but Lee Chang-dong’s Secret Sunshine presents a mental collapse just about as well as any director ever has. It’s raw, visceral, and mortifying to watch such a candid exploration of a woman tottering on the edge of madness, and the director never spares us for a second of the film’s lengthy running time. At the same time, despite only minimal suggestions of a brighter future, the film isn’t completely and hopelessly bleak, and the director has filmed such stark, warts-and-all emotions in the boldest and brightest possible hues.

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