In fact, what is admirable is not only the democratization process of South Korea, but also the Korean films that have witnessed the growth of this country. A group of responsible filmmakers boldly criticized the system in their works. In this way, the pain of that era was recorded, so that a nation would touch and recall history later.
"Memories of Murder", known as the first Korean film history, is such a film. It is based on the "Hwaseong Serial Murder Case" that really happened in Korean history. From 1986 to 1991, ten women were murdered in Hwaseong, South Korea. South Korea dispatched 300,000 police officers to investigate, but the murderer has been at large. Until now, the Korean people still believe that the incompetence of the police caused the murderer to commit crimes again and again.
Some say it's a quest for the truth, and almost everyone in the story ends up being overwhelmed by the truth.
The various scenes in the film are not only the reproduction of the social style at that time, but also include the director's criticism of reality, compassion for the trauma of the times and reflection on history.
Endless air defense drills, blaring sirens, detectives using force to force suspects into confessions, frequent student demonstrations and troops sent to suppress the student movement. . . . . . That period of history under military and political rule is a scar that traverses this nation and is hard to erase.
At the end of the film, it rained heavily. The young police officer walked over to the victim girl's body and gently tore off a Band-Aid from her body__ that he had put on her for her yesterday. A DNA report was sent from the United States, which showed that the suspect in front of him was not the murderer. . . . .
It rained heavily, like a sigh.
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