MY BRILLIANT LIFE

두근두근 내 인생

Directed by E J-yong

Asia Pop! / South Korea / 2014 / Comedy, Family, Romance / 117 mins / Korean with English subtitles / DCP / West Coast Premiere

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MY BRILLIANT LIFE

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April 18, 2015 5:20 pm

MY BRILLIANT LIFE

UltraStar Mission Valley
April 22, 2015 6:25 pm

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Official Selection, 2014 Hawaii International Film Festival

Young lovers Dae-su and Mira didn’t expect to have a baby at 17, and they certainly didn’t expect one like Ahreum, born with a rare affliction for rapid aging. 16 years later, husband and wife, played with spunk by superstars Gang Dong-won and Song Hye-kyo, are still frolicking and potty-mouthed, but they’re grounded by a precocious son much wiser than they. Not surprisingly, Ahreum doesn’t have many friends of any age group, but with his parents he’s bonded by the reality that they all have had to grow up too fast.

With MY BRILLIANT LIFE, director E J-yong (The Actresses, SDAFF ’10) delivers his warmest, most glowing film to date – which happens also to be a most unusual meditation on the experience of time and family. At its core a light comedy and youth romance, MY BRILLIANT LIFE dwells not on misfortune but on the rare opportunity to see that each other’s lives are miracles. –Brian Hu