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Yong-ho crashes a reunion picnic of his old student group. His erratic, self-destructive behavior culminates in his suicide on the tracks. peppermint candy lee chang dong vost fr eng dvdrip saoc top
Director Lee Chang-dong’s second feature film, Peppermint Candy , opens at the end of a life and travels backward to find out how it was broken. Released at the turn of the millennium, the film stands alongside masterpieces like Bong Joon-ho’s Memories of Murder and Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy as a cornerstone of modern South Korean cinema. The film opens in with the protagonist, Yong-ho,
Unlike most tragedies that follow a downward spiral, Peppermint Candy begins at the absolute bottom. The film opens in with the protagonist, Yong-ho, screaming "I want to go back!" as he stands before an oncoming train. From there, the movie literally "rewinds" through six distinct chapters of his life, separated by footage of a train moving backward. We see Yong-ho as a brutal
— A haunting masterpiece of Korean cinema.
We see Yong-ho as a brutal, cold-hearted police officer. He spends his days torturing student activists. This section highlights how the oppressive military regime of the time stripped away his empathy and replaced it with violence. The Turning Point: May 1980 (Gwangju)
Rumors swirl every year. In 2023, the Korean Film Archive (KOFA) released a restored version of The Housemaid and Aimless Bullet . Given Peppermint Candy ’s 20th anniversary has passed, the delay is likely due to music rights (the use of The Cure’s “Boy’s Don’t Cry” is iconic).
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