I just saw this movie at the Pusan International Film Festival. As a non-Korean foreigner, I was disappointed that they showed show little of Argentina.
I saw a German movie at the same festival a few years ago called "Neither Fish Nor Fowl" that was about Koreans living there. That movie's main character was fully assimilated in German culture and the movie was in both languages, so you saw the perspective from both sides.
The title "Do you cry 4 me, Argentina" was a bit bold. The most striking shot of the movie was when the camera was moving across images and the world famous image of Che Guevara, a native Argentinian, was shown. I immediately thought of his mission to bring equality to all men. It clearly brought to mind the irony of this, seeing how heartless the Argentinians were portrayed to be against the Koreans living there.
Another question it brought up for me was "why would Koreans go to a country poorer that their own?" I guess in the 1980s when they immigrated the two countries much have been more equal economically. It shows either how much the Korean economy has grown since those days, or how far the Argentine economy has fallen.
Overall, a thought-provoking, interesting and entertaining film.
I saw a German movie at the same festival a few years ago called "Neither Fish Nor Fowl" that was about Koreans living there. That movie's main character was fully assimilated in German culture and the movie was in both languages, so you saw the perspective from both sides.
The title "Do you cry 4 me, Argentina" was a bit bold. The most striking shot of the movie was when the camera was moving across images and the world famous image of Che Guevara, a native Argentinian, was shown. I immediately thought of his mission to bring equality to all men. It clearly brought to mind the irony of this, seeing how heartless the Argentinians were portrayed to be against the Koreans living there.
Another question it brought up for me was "why would Koreans go to a country poorer that their own?" I guess in the 1980s when they immigrated the two countries much have been more equal economically. It shows either how much the Korean economy has grown since those days, or how far the Argentine economy has fallen.
Overall, a thought-provoking, interesting and entertaining film.