1987 · drama · period · auteur
Adada
Directed by Im Kwon-taek1h 58m1987
Young-hwan who is the descendant of a fallen noble family takes pure and innocent Adada as his wife. Because of Young-hwan's selfish desires, Adada seeks out her childhood friend Su-ryong. But he, too, becomes a slave to desire. Adada protests and dies by drowning.
Our read: Adada (1987) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, grounded drama · period · auteur entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, slow-burn, measured drama / period, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- heavy
- slow-burn
- intense
- bleak
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