If you loved El rey y el payaso, try Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield
Un puente entre una película que ya has visto y una que casi nadie ha cruzado. Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield tiene aproximadamente 8.2× votos menos que El rey y el payaso — es una opción más underground, no una recomendación de masas. Esto es lo que comparten, y lo que la segunda hace que la primera no hace.
Lo que comparten
Both films are directed by Lee Joon-ik, and they both carry the bittersweet mood tag, and they sit in History territory. If that's the register that drew you to El rey y el payaso, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield is
Lee Joon-ik gives Korean history a comedic spin. The film follows King Kim Choon-chu of Shilla's alliance with China's Tang empire to conquer the rival kingdom of Baekche, opposed by General Kye Baek. It's a war, but with jokes.
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