Farewell My Darling

A very old man dies in his home village and the members of his family - now scattered far and wide - converge for the three-day funeral. The eldest son happens to be a Seoul-based film director (guess who plays him), who neglects his duties as chief mourner and stands to one side to watch - as film directors do - the tensions build and elements of grotesquerie multiply. Before long skeletons are tumbling out of family closets. Park marshals a huge cast and episodic narrative with assurance and delivers a very filmic tragi-comedy.