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Pieta

Pietà

2012

Kim Ki-duk

Lee Jung-jin, Jo Min-Su, Woo Gi-hong, Kang Eun-jin ...

6.6

1,583

Drama Working for loan sharks, a cruel man (Lee Jung-Jin) gets money from debtors one way or the other. One day, a woman (Jo Min-Su) appears in front of him, apologizing for throwing him away and insisting that she is his mother.

	Author	Review
United States	Leslie Felperin Variety	"[Ki-duk's] most commercial pic in years. (...) this tidy, ultimately moving thriller (...) offers up the director's vintage blend of cruelty, wit and moral complexity."	POS
United States	Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"Viewers will keep their eyes closed for most of this violent but ultimately moving Korean film. (...) master Kim Ki-duk returns to form in an offbeat tale"	POS
United States	Keith Uhlich Time Out	"You might find yourself strangely moved by its oddball mix of ripe melodrama, overwrought violence and regional verisimilitude (...) rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle	"The performances of these two leads are compelling (...). And even if forgiveness is not always possible in the human condition, 'Pieta' allows that expiation of one’s sins is within the realm of the possible (...) rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"'Pieta' twists human emotions into pretzels of perversion (...) Beautifully captured by Jo Yeong-jik, its images mesmerize despite a despicable central character"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Though no masterpiece, Kim Ki-duk's tale of redemption bristles with the Korean film-maker's trademark anger and agony (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"It is not your average crime movie (...) Kim’s intense portrait is enhanced by the closeness he maintains to his subjects’ fluctuating emotions"	POS

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