Secret Sunshine (2007) NYT Critics' Pick

[lsanderson]

Jeon Do-yeon’s character navigates layers of tragedy and grief in “Secret Sunshine,” which is making its American debut.
Fierce Tests of Endurance and the Resilience of the Spirit
By A. O. SCOTT
Published: December 21, 2010

“Secret Sunshine” — a 2007 film by Lee Chang-dong now making a tardy but welcome American debut — takes place in a South Korean town called Miryang, described by one of its residents as “just like every other place.” This is true enough, and Mr. Lee is certainly attentive to the routines and rhythms of everyday life. But there is nothing ordinary about this movie, or about the story it tells. More