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‘A Girl With Closed Eyes’ Review: ‘Pachinko’s Minha Kim Stars In Twisty Korean Thriller With Strong Performances, But Some Implausible Plotting – Busan


Read Deadline's review of 'A Girl with Closed Eyes' starring 'Pachinko's Minha Kim and world premiering at the Busan International Film Festival

Rising star Minha Kim unveils her first lead performance since breaking out in AppleTV+’s prestige drama series Pachinko, playing a young woman accused of murdering a best-selling author in Chun Sun-young’s feature debut A Girl with Closed Eyes. Set in South Korea’s provincial mountain region of Hongcheon, A Girl with Closed Eyes opens as a young woman calling herself Min-ju (Kim) is caught, smoking gun literally in hand, standing over the bloodied corpse of celebrated writer Jeong Sang-woo (Lee Ki-woo). Title: A Girl with Closed Eyes Festival: Busan (Korean Cinema Today) Director-Screenwriter: Chun Sun-young Cast: Minha Kim, Choi Moon Hee-seo, Lee Ki-woo Sales agent: Finecut Running time: 1hr 45mins

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