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Secret Sunshine · LeviOsa

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2007·NR

Drama2h 23m

🍅94%

🍅

94%

Tomatometer

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76%

Popcornmeter

7.2

TMDB

Storyline

Shin-ae moves to her recently late husband’s hometown. Despite her efforts to settle in this unfamiliar and too-normal place, she finds that she can’t fit in. After a sudden tragedy, Shin-ae turns to Christianity to relieve her pain, but when even this is not permitted, she wages a war against God.

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Secret Sunshine

Secret Sunshine

Details

DirectorLee Chang-dong

ReleasedMay 23, 2007

StatusReleased

Original languageKorean

Budget

$2.9M

Revenue

$11.6M

Parental guideNRUS

Studios

Cinema Service

Pinehouse Film

CJ Entertainment

Cast

Jeon Do-yeon

Jeon Do-yeon

Lee Shin-ae

Song Kang-ho

Song Kang-ho

Kim Jong-chan

Jo Young-jin

Jo Young-jin

Park Do-seop

Seon Jeong-yeop

Jun

Kim Young-jae

Kim Young-jae

Lee Min-ki

Park Myung-shin

Park Myung-shin

Female Missionary

Cha Mi-kyung

Cha Mi-kyung

Boutique Owner

Oh Man-seok

Oh Man-seok

Pastor

Jang Hye-jin

Jang Hye-jin

Park Myung-sook

Lee Sung-min

Lee Sung-min

Cook

Kim Mi-hyang

Kim Mi-hyang

Deaconess Kim

Lee Hee-jun

Lee Hee-jun

Outdoor Player Meeting Volunteer

Where to watch(NG)

Stream

Philo

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AMC+

Sundance Now

Rent / Buy

Amazon Video

Apple TV Store

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Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

7 fresh · 0 rotten

Critics consensus

“Plumbing the depths of tragedy without succuming to melodrama, Chang-dong Lee's Secret Sunshine is a grueling, albeit moving, piece of beautifully acted cinema.”

94% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

K

Keith Uhlich

RTTime OutMay 24, 2023

Like Michael Tolkin’s end-times melodrama The Rapture, this is a disquietingly ambiguous take on piety.

A

A.O. Scott

RTNew York TimesDec 22, 2010

The cinematic equivalent of prose that is clear, elegant and lyrical.

M

Michael Atkinson

RTVillage VoiceDec 21, 2010

Buried in the year-end rush but one of the year's best films.

E

Ellie Lucas

RTFrom the Front RowAug 5, 2019

The film can be different things to different people and be equally effective in any of its interpretations.

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Information

Title

Secret Sunshine

Released

May 23, 2007

Rated

NR

Region of Origin

South Korea

Original Audio

Korean

Runtime

2h 23m

Status

Released

Studios

Cinema Service, Pinehouse Film

Kim Ji-young: Born 1982