Face of Seoul (2009)

Gina Kim is a filmmaker who was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, but in 1995 relocated to the United States. Even though she pulled up stakes for a new life, Kim's love affair with her hometown ... read more has never ended, and occasional visits back to Korea prompted her to make a movie about the city. Seo-wool Eui Ul-gul (aka Faces of Seoul paints an intimate portrait of a large and populous city that's still little known and little understood to most of the world; Kim documents a side of the city not often seen by tourists as she visits the bustling downtown area and the solemn Seodaemun Prison, follows Buddhists monks going about their daily rounds and American servicemen stationed in the country who have established their own neighborhood, and the teeming inner city as well as open, beautifully landscaped parks where cherry blossoms are in bloom. Faces Of Seoul was an official selection at the 2009 Venice International Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi