A dysfunctional family's heart of darkness is laid bare in the grimly humorous and then just plain grim meller Members of the Funeral. Feature bow by Baek Seung-bin heralds a dark wit and sleek intelligence guided by a creatively secure humility. A standout from the substandard HD fodder that generally clogs up Pusan's New Currents competish and so-called cutting-edge fests, Funeral is quietly riveting. A tad too restrained for midnight sidebars or commercial release, pic possesses an intensity that should secure fest berths.
Susan's baby dies, and she is convicted for a crime she doesn’t even remember committing. Years later, out on parole and fighting to start over, Susan sees a photograph that stops her cold.
A quiet man’s life is shattered by sinister neighbours, leaving him to confront hidden horrors. In 1978 Chile, under the military dictatorship, Raúl Peralta, a lonely model maker living with his ailing mother, has his quiet routine shattered by the arriva
