The story of "Common Security Area" is set off by a shooting incident at the Panmunjom post that awakens the unresolved historical issues of North and South Korea. Just relying on a line of thirty-eight degrees north latitude, even the flesh and blood compatriots whose blood is thicker than water is enough to tear them apart. Park Chan-wook asked soldiers representing different countries and different ideologies to recall the same incident, and through the melancholy and gloomy lens, he brought to light the trauma of politics. The end of the film is at the border, and the three soldiers belonging to different countries have different expressions. Lee Soo Hyuk's outstretched palm blocks the audience's sight and also blocks the blood of the Korean nation. Director Park Chan-wook unreservedly unfolds the social reality in front of the audience with his realistic brushwork.
A country that was originally good has been divided into two countries due to various reasons, and they are hostile to each other. How should their people choose when they stand in front of the 38th parallel: the compatriots on the opposite side shed the same blood, say the same words, and have the same face, but The state does not allow them to communicate with each other and deprives them of the right to be brothers and sisters. The only photo of the four people inadvertently taken at the end of the film seems to be some kind of prophecy. In our peaceful countries, there may be no common security zone, but what is our relationship with our compatriots? There are three and eight lines everywhere, and there are security zones everywhere.
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