#734 – Oasis, (오아시스), 2002, Lee Chang-dong
Oasis is a love story of two young people abandoned by families. A young man released from prison visits the widow of the man he killed drunk-driving. There he meets her daughter, wheelchair bound with cerebral palsy. Will these two lost people find a way to make their relationship work?
#753 – Far from Heaven, 2002, Todd Haynes
In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.
#787 – Catch Me If You Can, 2002, Steven Spielberg
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.
#802 – Russian Ark, (Русский ковчег), 2002, Aleksandr Sokurov
A French marquis wanders through a vast labyrinth of corridors, theaters and ballrooms at a reception for a Persian ambassador.
#834 – 25th Hour, 2002, Spike Lee
In New York City in the days following the events of 9/11, Monty Brogan is a convicted drug dealer about to start a seven-year prison sentence, and his final hours of freedom are devoted to hanging out with his closest buddies and trying to prepare his girlfriend for his extended absence.
JUMBO CACTUAR APPROVED FILM
#875 – On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate, (생활의 발견), 2002, Hong Sang-soo
Actor Gyung-soo is passed over for a part and decides to leave Seoul and visit a friend. His friend tells him the legend of the “Turning Gate,” which foreshadows future events. During his visit, Gyung-soo meets Myung-sook, a girl who quickly falls for him. After a night of passion, he boards the train back for Seoul and meets a married woman who claims to know him. Gyung-soo thinks he may be in love with her, but perhaps he’s chosen the wrong woman.
#931 – The Way Home, (집으로…), 2002, Lee Jeong-hyang
The story begins on a fine summers morning, when San-woo and his mother board a bus to the country. It is soon clear that the unsophisticated rural passengers annoy the seven-year-old urban boy. His mother is taking him to live with his 78-year-old mute, but not deaf, grandmother while she looks for a new job after a business venture failed in Seoul.
#980 – 24 Hour Party People, 2002, Michael Winterbottom
In 1976, Tony Wilson sets up Factory Records and brings Manchester’s music to the world.
#989 – Ten, (ده), 2002, Abbas Kiarostami
A visual social examination in the form of ten conversations between a driving woman and her various pick-ups and hitchhikers.
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