Bitter, Sweet, Seoul
This documentary is a crowdsourced film about life in the Korean megalopolis.
2014 · 1h 3m · N/A
Documentary
Directed by
Park Chan-wook
,
Park Chan-kyong
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Bitter, Sweet, Seoul
Overview
Over 98 days from August 20th to November 25th 2013, 2821 people from around the world sent 11,852 video featuring many different faces of Seoul. 154 were selected, edited, and made into a movie.
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