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In Between Days (2006)
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Original name: 방황의 날들
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, South Korea, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A Korean immigrant falls in love with her best friend while navigating her way through the challenges of living in a new country.
Style:
emotional, realistic, sentimental, contemplative, captivating, depressing, mumblecore, sincere, touching, serious ...
Plot:
immigrant, coming of age, friendship, teenage life, youth, society, unfulfilled love, unfulfillment, love, women of color, couples, refugee, korean american, friends, misfit, love and romance, loneliness, mother daughter relationship, isolation, absent father, teen angst, immigrants, female director
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
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