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Gyeongju
Gyeongju
7.9
/10
226 Ratings

GYEONGJU

경주

Directed by Zhang Lu
South Korea, 2014
Drama

Synopsis

Returning to old haunts after seven years, Choi Hyeon is troubled not by evil spirits, but by questions from his past — subtle, ineffable feelings that compel the mild-mannered college professor, (visiting from Beijing for a colleague’s funeral,) to make a one-night detour through nearby Gyeongju.

Synopsis

Returning to old haunts after seven years, Choi Hyeon is troubled not by evil spirits, but by questions from his past — subtle, ineffable feelings that compel the mild-mannered college professor, (visiting from Beijing for a colleague’s funeral,) to make a one-night detour through nearby Gyeongju.

Our take

Inspired by an erotic painting that Korean-Chinese filmmaker Zhang Lu saw in a teahouse, Gyeongju is a serene romantic comedy set in the idyllic titular city. Perhaps the director’s most lighthearted effort, the film nonetheless awes with its rumination on dislocation and the lingering past.