| Details | Available in DC, Maryland, and Virginia from May 21–June 6 Stream it Here: https://kffdc2021.eventive.org/welcome Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neUxhCSVAUg
Korean Film Festival DC 2021—Part Two: Korea and the World
The films in this section are examples of Korea’s interactions with the rest of the world, whether through the perspective of a Korean woman on a US Army base, the remake of an Italian comedy, the experience of Filipino immigrants, or a cinematic journey to the cosmopolitan Itaewon neighborhood in Seoul.
“Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night.” Bette Davis’s famous line from All About Eve could just as easily apply to Lee Jae-kyoo’s film, one of many international remakes of the 2016 Italian movie Perfect Strangers. The premise alone is delicious: seven longtime friends get together for a dinner party. On a whim they decide that they all must place their cellphones face up on the table and show the others every call and text that comes through. What follows is a smartphone-era comedy of manners in which everyone’s dirty secrets are dragged out into the light. Featuring a fantastic ensemble cast, Intimate Strangers is quick-witted, full of surprises, and may make you want to stay in lockdown for a little while longer, such are the perils of socializing that it depicts. (Dir.: Lee Jae-kyoo, Korea, 2018, 116 min., Korean with English subtitles)
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