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Leading Lights | VIFF 2023

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Dust in the Wind

Dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien
109 min

At the end of the 1960s, high-school sweethearts Wan and Huen leave their little mining town in search of greater opportunities in Taipei, where the vicissitudes of life take their toll on the relationship.

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Joint Security Area

Dir. Park Chan-wook
109 min

Park Chan-wook's 2000 domestic box office hit investigates a deadly incident in the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea.

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Peppermint Candy

Dir. Lee Chang-dong
129 min

Backtracking from his suicide as a broken and depressed man, the film recounts the life of Yong-ho, from his tragic demise to his innocent youth, in reverse order.

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A Woman Under the Influence

Dir. John Cassavetes
155 min

Cassavetes' greatest success is built on a fearless, tour-de-force performance of Mabel Longhetti, a working class wife and mom who struggles to keep it all together. Her husband is also ashamed of her. Love, as the song goes, will tear you apart. This is grand opera in hard hats.

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