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my beautiful girl, mari
dir: lee sung-gang / korea / 80min / 2002 /london premiere
grand prix winner 2002 annecy international animated film [best
feature]
the koreans are coming! this stunningly beautiful
feature debut is a highly original cinematic fantasy that leads
the challenge on disney’s and indeed japanese anime’s
supremacy in animated features. targeted at adults more than children,
it centres on namoo, a boy in a seaside village struggling with
feelings of loss and worry whose only friend junho will move to
seoul come summer’s end.
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he takes to exploring with
his cat and discovers an extraordinary marble stone in an old lighthouse.
when touched this transports him into a fantastical world of light,
more wondrous than legend, more beautiful than a fairytale. it is
a truly remarkable work with a highly distinctive style, which will
lead korean animation into a new era on the worldwide stage. |
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