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WOW! - Treeless Mountain

So Yong Kim, South Korea 2008, 89 mins

Winner Ecumenical Jury Prize Berlin International Film Festival 2009

Two young girls, Jin and Bin are left by their mother in the care of their aunt, a careless, unkind woman with little sympathy for their sense of loss. They amuse themselves, playing with the kid next door, catching grasshoppers and grilling them. The money they make going in their piggy bank as mum promised to return once it was full. With a tender, observant eye Kim draws us into the girl’s imaginative world showing their resilience as they learn to cope with the mysteries of adult behaviour, pick themselves up and go cheerfully on. The children of course steal the show with their beautifully natural performances but it is Kim’s kind, thoughtful observation of their predicament that stays with you.

Korean with English subtitles