| Our Body | |||||||||
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| Director: | Han Ka-ram | ||||||||
| Producer: | Park Syu-young | ||||||||
| Starring: | Choi Hee-seo Ahn Ji-hye | ||||||||
| Music: | Lee Soo-yeon Lee Hae-in | ||||||||
| Cinematography: | Lee Seong-eun | ||||||||
| Editing: | Han Ka-ram | ||||||||
| Studio: | Korean Academy of Film Arts | ||||||||
| Runtime: | 93 minutes[1] | ||||||||
| Country: | South Korea | ||||||||
| Language: | Korean | ||||||||
Our Body is a 2018 South Korean drama film written and directed by Han Ka-ram. It is her debut feature film.[2] [3]
The film follows a young woman, Ja-young, who struggles to find her purpose in life. One day, Ja-young encounters a determined runner and develops a fascination her, modeling her life after the runner.
The film had its world premiere in the Discovery programme of the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, held from 6 to 16 September 2018.[4] It was then screened at the 23rd Busan International Film Festival in October 2018.[5]
Reviewing the film for Screen Daily, Jason Bechervaise called it an "impressive feature debut", with Choi Hee-seo delivering "a nuanced and dedicated performance". Varietys Jessica Kiang noted it as "a promising but almost willfully obscure debut" and "a convincing but underpowered exploration of female identity and alienation in status-and-youth-obsessed contemporary Seoul".[6]