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Our Season

Name: Our Season
Director: Yook Sang-hyo
Released: 2023
Duration: 105 min

Representation Score

5.6/10

Fair

2023

Director

Yook Sang-hyo

Runtime

105 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Our Season is a meditative fantasy-drama that delves into the complexities of maternal-filial relationships through a posthumous reunion. It focuses on the psychological realism of unresolved emotional legacies rather than linear life progression. The film successfully centers female emotional ability to act and provides a non-Western perspective. By highlighting the tension between a mother and daughter, it avoids idealizing the family unit. However, the film does not explicitly engage with high-level identity politics or systemic critiques. While it avoids common stereotypes, it does not overtly feature diverse identities or challenge traditional masculinity.

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Category Breakdown

Does Our Season have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film doesn't include any direct references to LGBTQ+ identities or themes, but it avoids harmful assumptions about relationships being exclusively heterosexual.

How does Our Season portray gender?

Fair

The story emphasizes the ability to act and emotional experiences of women, particularly Bok-ja and Jin-joo, challenging traditional patriarchal narratives.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Our Season?

Good

As a South Korean production, the film highlights a non-Western cultural perspective. It explores the daughter's experiences living abroad, which adds complexity to traditional ethnic boundaries.

How does Our Season represent religion and culture?

Good

The film questions the idea of the perfect family, showing it as a source of pain and frustration. It also gently critiques traditional professional hierarchies and the pursuit of capitalist success.

Does Our Season include disability representation?

Minimal

The film does not depict any visible or invisible disabilities.

Present on Screen

Highlights the emotional labor and ability to act of women.
Offers a non-Western cultural perspective.
Explores the psychological realism of family dynamics.

Limited or Absent

Could include more representation of LGBTQ+ identities or themes.
Does not address radical systemic or identity-based critiques.
Does not depict any disabilities.

Official Synopsis

Bok-ja is granted a special vacation after her death, which allows her to go see her daughter, Jin-joo, a university professor living abroad. Unlike her expectation, Bok-ja finds Jin-joo living in her old house running a local diner and becomes frustrated with questions that she is unable to ask. After spending time alongside Jin-joo, Bok-ja realizes that her daughter is struggling with the unresolved feelings about her, and tries to find a way to show her sincere feelings that she had never shared before.

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