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In - by Padaí Ó Maolchalann

Pushed to the Margins in Lee Chang-dong’s Oasis

Across 30 years and seven films, Lee Chang-dong has told stories about a diverse array of people, from the gangsters in Green Fish (1997), to the grieving mother of Secret Sunshine (2007), and the aging woman with Alzheimer’s in Poetry (2011). With his latest film, Possible Love, he’s turned the lens on himself, albeit with characteristic subtlety. The story concerns a wealthy filmmaker making a documentary about laid-off factory workers. Thriving where the subjects of her movie are struggling, her...

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