2008 · comedy · drama · romance
A Man Who Was Superman
Directed by Chung Yoon-chul1h 42m2008
A snobbish producer makes a documentary about the extraordinary behavior of her neighbor who believes himself to be Superman.
Our read: A Man Who Was Superman (2008) reads as a warm, kinetic, inventive comedy · drama · romance entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / drama, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- warm
- gentle
- tender
- intimate
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“You want a Korean story of ordinary kindness quietly changing a community.”
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