If you loved Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells, try With a Girl of Black Soil

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells

2009 · dir. Jeon Soo-il

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With a Girl of Black Soil

2007 · dir. Jeon Soo-il

What they share

Both films are directed by Jeon Soo-il, and they both carry the outsider, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What With a Girl of Black Soil is

Bicycle Thieves in rural Korea. A dirt-poor father sends his developmentally disabled son to a special school far away. The family quietly splinters, with a stoic young daughter at its heart.

If you loved Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells, try With a Girl of Black Soil

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With a Girl of Black Soil

What they share

What With a Girl of Black Soil is

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