2017 · drama · war · korean
A Taxi Driver
Directed by Jang Hoon2h 18m2017
May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreigner who will pay big money for a drive down to Gwangju city. Not knowing that he’s a German journalist with a hidden agenda, Man-seob takes the job.
Our read: A Taxi Driver (2017) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded drama · war · korean entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, extreme drama / war, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
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- intense
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