Yeo-young, an aspiring writer, travels to Haenam to write. She stays at a friend’s house, and peaceful days continue with her taking walks, weeding the yard, and drinking with her friend. But she doesn’t write.
The film didn’t have to be as long as it is. It just dragged on and on with scenes that had no substance. Every so often we get an action scene, and even those isn’t that fun.
That gut-wrenching feeling you have while watching it is okay but needed, and you, the viewer, will be okay.
Darren Arronofsky focuses on diverse and heartbreaking stories about the human experience.
She is being made to justify why she doesn’t believe he’s a feminist, instead of him having to justify his choice to claim he is one.
It is up to the community to decide if this film is a force for enlightenment or not.
The 2019 film, Vai, takes us through eight stories across the islands of Oceania. The settings are unbelievably beautiful, the cast is beautiful, the languages are beautiful, and the stories are beautiful…but heartbreaking.
