Shadow Flowers
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Shadow Flowers

0.0 / 10 2021 1h 49mNR Korean
Documentary

Storyline

Ryun-hee Kim, a North Korean housewife, was forced to come to South Korea and became its citizen against her will. As her seven years of struggle to go back to her family in North Korea continues, the political absurdity hinders her journey back to her loved ones. The life of her family in the North goes on in emptiness, and she fears that she might become someone, like a shadow, who exists only in the fading memory of her family.​

Cast & Crew

KR

Kim Ryun-hee

Herself

Lead

What People Are Saying

0.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Yi Seung-jun's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Shadow Flowers is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker