Cha Mi-kyeong

Inside South Korea’s first jury trial in 2008, the open-and-shut case of a matricide is turned upside down when one juror doesn’t buy the guilty plea.

Lee Chang-dong found breakout international acclaim with this searing portrayal of unimaginable loss and the fallacies of religious comfort. Featuring an astonishing performance from Cannes Best Actress-winner Jeon Do-yeon, Secret Sunshine marked Lee as one of South Korean cinema’s leading lights.