
Jeon Seungchul's citizen registration number brands him as a North Korean defector. It is difficult to find a good job and it's hard to get along with people at church. He is not an ex-convict or a migrant worker, but he is subjected to many discriminations. Like the stray dog he looks after, Jeon Seungchul is a misfit in South Korea's capitalist society.... (Full plot summary below)
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Jeon Seungchul's citizen registration number brands him as a North Korean defector. It is difficult to find a good job and it's hard to get along with people at church. He is not an ex-convict or a migrant worker, but he is subjected to many discriminations. Like the stray dog he looks after, Jeon Seungchul is a misfit in South Korea's capitalist society.
Leave your thoughts about The Journals of Musan.
| Film-Forward.comKent TurnerThe film features one of the most beautifully directed scenes I've seen in a long time |
| Slant MagazineKenji FujishimaIf The Journals of Musan indicates anything, it's that people, for the most part, either can't or simply aren't willing to comprehend the circumstances behind others' actions. |
| Time OutDavid FearAn attempt to detail the plight of North Koreans in their new homeland, The Journals of Musan doesn't soft-pedal the hardship; Park, however, apparently felt obligated to stack the deck against the film's passive protagonist to a ridiculous degree. |
| Honolulu Star-AdvertiserBurl BurlingameA journey through a world of moral and ethical conundrums makes a sobering couple of hours, and also a lively discussion afterwards for amateur Christian theologians. |
| Village VoiceBenjamin MercerGroup scenes, meanwhile, often suffer from a peculiar handheld drift, as if in troubling over which insult to add to which injury, the filmmakers neglected to attend to rudimentary blocking. |
| User ReviewSydney GSer perseverante em determinadas situações exige tanto esforço da pessoa que chega a ser compreensível quando alguns desistem de tudo. Contudo Jeon Seung-chul não se abate e dá conta do seu sofrimento aproveitando a oportunidade que surge, quando nada mais parecia poder ajudá-lo. |