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Jiro is a loner. Every year he buys This Japanese film is written and
Director: Jae-Young
Kwak
his own present and celebrates directed by Korean filmmaker Kwak
his birthday alone, with a plate of Jae-yong (My Sassy Girl, Windstruck).
Runtime: 115min
spaghetti in the same restaurant. Like many of the new wave of
country: Japan This year a beautiful, but kooky, Korean filmmakers he manages to
Language:
girl joins in his celebrations and successfully mix genres, in this case
Japanese/English they spend the rest of the evening sci–fi and rom–com. The rom–com
subtitles
doing crazy things and having fun. part is both funny and charming but
Format: Digibeta Then, following a cryptic speech, never contrived or cloying; the sci-fi
she disappears. element, involving cyborgs and time
travel, is well thought out and ties
A year later the girl turns up again,
in perfectly with all the other story
except this time she is a cyborg from
elements.
the future... Her function is to protect
him and the world around him. And even with all the romance
there is still time for heroism and
urban destruction!
Beautifully shot, with great
chemistry between the two leads,
and impressive special effects that
don’t dominate the story, this really
does have something for everyone.
It’s also the ideal sci–fi fans’ date
movie...
Presented in association with
6 THE 8
TH
LONDON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASTIC FILM 29 APRIL – 4 MAY 2009
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