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Audience reaction to “Return To Seoul”

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17 people responded. The breakdown and comments are listed below.

  • ‘Excellent’: 3 votes
    • I’ve never seen a film with so many heart-wrenching feelings. Her face! I couldn’t stop staring at her all the way through. It was especially emotional for me, having been an unmarried mother 1966 – I kept her though.
    • An excellent film. Very powerful. The main actor’s way of showing emotion with small movements of her face was amazing.
    • Raw. Real. Phenomenal actress. Great soundtrack.
  • ‘Very Good’: 7 votes
    • Hardly a likable character, but I have some sympathy toward her, given her disappointment at the rejection by her mother and her alcoholic father almost stalking her.
    • First half was v. good and the second half disjointed but still v.v. intriguing. Well-acted in an unhinged way!
    • Original, always interesting & always anxious. A very fine central performance.
    • Moving
    • Visually absorbing – a very ‘slow burn’ but a poignant ending!
    • All emotions beautifully portrayed.
    • A Korean Almodovar [it’s actually a French film]. Fascinating exploration of identity with a main character who refuses to be what others want her to be – she dances to her own tune. Sadly she finds others do too!
  • ‘Good’: 4 votes
    • A strange mixed up leading lady whose behaviour left me puzzled. Interesting film.
    • Slow at times with periods of frenzy. What a mixed-up girl!
    • Interesting concept, but I did not warm to the main character.
    • Found Freddie hard to understand and sympathise with. Not sure what was driving her & why she was so difficult so often!
  • ‘Satisfactory’: 2 votes
    • Very good reunion scene between mother and child. Otherwise, a disappointment, given the high quality of the previous three films I have seen this year.
    • Every time I thought I had a handle on it, it changed.
  • ‘Poor’: 1 vote
    • Rather tedious & did not hold my attention.

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Next Presentation: Return To Seoul (Wednesday 17 April)

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Chelmsford Theatre Studio, Fairfield Road – Wednesday 17th April @ 8PM

When her planned holiday to Japan is cancelled at the 11th hour, on a whim, a twenty-five-year-old French woman books a flight to Korea, the country she was born in before being adopted by a French couple, for the very first time. She decides to track down her biological parents, but her journey takes a surprising turn.

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Our Previous Presentation: Under The Fig Trees

Audience reaction to “Under The Fig Trees”

Audience reaction to “Under The Fig Trees”

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Audience reaction to “Under The Fig Trees”

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There were 18 reaction slips returned following the screening of this film.  The comments were:

  • ‘Excellent’: 1 vote
    • A day in the life as a life in a day.  Superb performances, masterful changes of emotion all at the same pace. The feudal meets the 21st Century yet both groups share the same human preoccupations. And moments of communal pure joy, the highlight.
  • ‘Very Good’: 11 votes
    • Tunisia may be a Muslim country, but the romantic dreams, flirtations and jealousies of youth and the disappointments and regrets of their elders are universal.
    • An interesting film.  It was good to see how the young women stood up for themselves and enjoyed each other’s company.
    • An enjoyable watch on a working day out in the orchard, under the sun.  Actresses were very impressive.
    • Observant naturalistic film making.  Quite a contrast to the last film I saw – Dune 2!
    • Wonderfully naturalistic performances coaxed from all the principal actors in this gentle paced gem of a film.
    • Fascinating observations: the men like men everywhere, and the women & girls who just want to have fun – and ‘love’!
    • A privilege to watch – A lot said but subtly.  One would just hope that the younger generation would have a better life in male/female relationships.
    • Interesting concept for the story.  Enjoyed the portrayal of ‘everyday’ squabbles, rivalries, hurt feelings, etc.
    • Simple and real, the essence of life condensed into one day.
    • I recall pea-picking 40 years ago was more intense – but not as hot.
  • ‘Good’: 3 votes
    • Well-acted by ‘non actors’.  Tensions between generations, sexes and Boss and workers well portrayed.
    • While it was great to see Islamic women as individuals and not through a western or male gaze, I have to admit I did still find it a bit bland and like being at work myself.  Always good to see the sisterhood thriving though.
  • ‘Satisfactory’: 3 votes
    • Eastenders on a fig tree plot? Mildly entertaining but didn’t grab me!
    • Tedious in the extreme.
    • Felt very slow, despite being quite short.
  • ‘Poor’: 0 votes

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