interesting thing miryang secret sunshine actors jeon doyeon lee shinae main character woman young son whose husband died tragic accident leaves seoul live miryang home town young son jeons face changeable girlish flirtatious elegant aged sad desperate joyous terribly isolated turns face film also stars song kangho kim man meets car breaks coming miryang happens run garage town follows around time thereafter despite apparent lack interest attentions song biggest star korea right now renowned work park chanwook bong joonho sympathy mr vengeance memories murder host yet plays throwaway character almost forgotten man course makes interesting curiously appealing essential ballast keep jeons character floating awaybr br lee shinae piano teacher comes new town neutral place kind poormans seoul town just like anywhere else kim says just way like anyone else little boy sprightly little boys are plainly damaged withdrawn times too father used snore misses lies awake pretending snore goes school shinae meets parents students shopkeepers sense place film even though place sense anywhere people speak local dialect everyone knows everything shinaes seoul origin immediately noticed life really harsher here away big city sophistication shinae seems realize danger inbr br something terrible happens shinae necessarily deal best possible way happens must face consequences cant goes pieces perpetrator caught thats consolation eventually becomes despairing relents goes bornagain christian meeting acquaintance pressing attend finds peace release this decides forgive perpetrator go prison tell so experience full ironies destroys again becomes embittered desperate longer finds solace religion gets worse thatbr br jeon doyeon gives extremely demanding protean role lee changdong may good director actor stature song kangho expresses enormous admiration him convincing according scott foundas la weekly lees first three films green fish  peppermint candy  oasis  marked one leading figures countrys recent cinematic renaissance successful film korean directors whose work ive seen yong sangsoo bong joonho prodigiously almost perversely gifted park chanwook may indeed begin foundas says kind asiatic alice live anymore abruptly without warning turns something thriller time nearly bressonian study human suffering progression seems random indigestible film sags loses momentum toward end simply fizzles out sense ending also weaknesses action shinae takes foolish chances son makes bad choices along destined madness like betty jeanjacques beineixs betty blue might explain peculiar mistaken choices something properly developed interesting film certainly disturbing one one leaves one doubtful dissatisfied putting one emotional wringerbr br an official selection new york film festival presented lincoln center an event done right korean filmmakers recent past