1996 · drama · family · funeral
Festival
Directed by Im Kwon-taek1h 47m1996
While awaiting the publication of his fairytale about his dementia-stricken octogenarian mother, an acclaimed South Korean novelist receives news that she has passed away, so he leaves the city and returns to her village to take part in the funeral.
Our read: Festival (1996) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · family · funeral entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / family, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- measured
Watching Festival tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
Your lens for tonight
?
Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
More info & search links
How Festival feels to watch.
Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.
What watching it is actually like.
“You want reflective Korean drama on family loss and village funeral rites.”
Skip it tonight — You want upbeat stories or fast moving entertainment tonight.
Eight films that feel like this one.
Closest in the twelve-axis space, not “people also liked”. All films like Festival, with why →
Discussion
Make it a movie night.
Pick a mood, get a film the whole couch will enjoy, and give everyone something to watch for.
Pick tonight's film →