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  Review by Dave G ★★★★ 8

  TIFF 2023 Film 5

  Didn't realize that this showing was actually the world premiere when I booked the ticket but that just made this even more special. I have to say the director and cast were so sweet and so charming when they spoke. This is extremely slow, especially for such a short runtime, but I don't say that as a bad thing. It's a gentle and patient look at life and how it can be ever changing. It may not be the most profound film but I already feel like this is one that will stick with me for awhile and I think I'm going to enjoy it even more on a rewatch. There is no central protagonist, no…

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  Review by KYK ★★★ 1

  Very much my speed (lots of walking and talking, very dialogue-driven à la Hong, with ruminations on the past, present, romance), and loved the street shots of Seoul through the telephoto lens. When the woman is on her way to the Seoul Cinema to moderate a panel in the film’s opening I was like “wow she’s so me-coded.” A lovely little debut that kind of feels like the Before trilogy condensed into a single movie but there weren’t enough big, teeming emotions — not even suppressed, which would’ve been even better — to keep me completely hooked. (Or they were TOO suppressed to the point of ineffective.) I’d love to see more from the director though.

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  Review by Frances Meh ★★★½

  Return to (the exact same locations and have the exact same conversations with the exact same people over and over again in) Seoul

  
  
  

  
  ~ Toronto International Film Festival #7 ~

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  Review by Jaime Rebanal 🇵🇸 ★★★★

  TIFF 2023 #34: Discovery (World Premiere)

  I think it's easy enough to look at a premise like this and think you're watching something that calls back to Before Sunrise. And I think that with how the dialogue between its two leads flows, there's a sense of confidence present in the direction that only makes me wonder what's up next for director Kim Tae-yang. At times it feels repetitive, but at the same time, especially with how easy it can feel to doze off with the time that passes by, but I think that the amount of commitment present to realizing this vision is what at least feels very highly admirable about what we see in here.

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  Review by Philbert Dy ★★★★

  This did something to me, though I can't say what, exactly. Maybe it's just that I walk a lot, and the movie moves at that rhythm, the whole thing kind of about the way one traverses a city on foot. The streets change, and landmarks disappear, and the memories attached to places become unmoored. And once upon a time, we walked these streets with people we thought we'd always walk these streets with. But they've changed, too; their lives taking them down avenues we never had access to. And maybe it's that I am not who a lot of people expected me to be. Maybe I am not who I expected myself to be. And I walk the streets of Manila, difficult as they are to traverse, and I am always thinking of the paths not taken, and the places that are gone, and the people who are no longer by my side.

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  Review by carpito ★ 1

  me sacaste mi ultimo dia de playa mimang del orto

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  Review by cineronin ★★★★

  Lost in Seoul

  
  A contemplative exploration of fleeting human connections and the inexorable passage of time. Visually, Mimang is stunning. The cinematography captures Seoul with a romanticized lens, blending natural lighting and long, uninterrupted takes to immerse viewers in the city's evolving urban landscape. Though its pacing may alienate viewers accustomed to more dynamic storytelling, Mimang excels in character development and thematic resonance. I have a deep appreciation for Korean indie films.

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  Review by Asher ★★★½

  Top 10 movies to fall asleep to, and I mean that in the best way possible

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  Review by Freida ★★★★

  Poetic and beautifully melancholic. This one isn’t for everyone but has a special place in my heart.

  A film about the passage of time inadvertently takes four years to shoot which really ends up working in its favour. We drop in on the lives of these two characters following a triptych of moments in a chapter of their story.
  Near the beginning of the film, one of the characters speaks about these grander lessons he’s taken away from learning to draw and the rest of the film in a way utilises these same lessons as sort of manifesto in its storytelling.

  The use of the camera brings in the audience as voyeurs of these moments in their life and once…

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  Review by tina 🌈 ★★★★

  sorry but i simply love when two people who are clearly into each other wander around a city

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  Review by Natalie

  It would be difficult for anyone watching Kim Tae Yang’s debut feature film Mimang to not think about Celine Song’s Past Lives (2023). The two films are made by first-time Korean filmmakers and share similar premises of people who once knew each other in their youth and meet again after many years. But that’s where the similarities end. Instead, I found that Mimang shared more touchpoints with another debut film by yet another Korean filmmaker: Columbus (2017) by Kogonada. Both films share a keen sense of space and architecture and deftly explore their connections to history, memories and our relationship with the places and cities we inhabit.

  Full Review: www.filmedinether.com/reviews/review-mimang/

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  Review by Olivier Samter ★★★

  "Honey, how come you know so much about the statue of Admiral Yi?"

  "Well…"