Pusan
Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells
(South Korea)
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With: Choi Min-sik, Tsering Kipale Gurung, Tsering Sherpa.
Fired from his job, divorced Korean office worker Choi (Choi) is enlisted to help his factory-owning brother with a dilemma involving an unseen Nepalese employee named Dorgy. Without explanation, pic jumps into a Kathmandu taxi, with Choi making his way to the isolated township of Jharkot. Greeted by Dorgy's wife and son and using the boy's English as lingua franca, Choi moves in with the family as the obtuse script applies mild Jarmuschian humor. Nepalese thesping is rough, but Choi is typically impressive. Limited English ability of all thesps means even native speakers would benefit from subtitles. Virtually monosyllabic script is occasionally augmented by somber Charles Mingus-like double bass; lensing is crisp throughout.
Camera (color), Kim Sung-tai; editor, Kim In-soo, Noh Bong-seo; music, Kim Hyung-suk; production designer, Cho Youn-ah. Reviewed at Pusan Film Festival (Korean Panorama), Oct. 3, 2008. Original title: Barami mumoonun got, Himalaya. Korean, English, Nepalese dialogue. Running time: 95 MIN.
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