More than once, the protagonists in Mimang wonder where they are and where they’re going—it is a concrete, geographical question born from walking around the streets of Seoul, but as the film progresses, that urban journey also proves to be an existential one. We accompany the characters in some stretches of their path—many years separate each of the episodes that make up the film, and that distance reveals changes through what remains. This is not a film about earthquakes, but about small transformations, and the marks of time can be seen not only in the actors’ bodies, but also in that other omnipresent protagonist that is Seoul, whose vitality invades every shot. Like others before him (it’s inevitable to think about Truffaut or Linklater), here, Kim Taeyang reminds us that cinema is the best time machine that has been invented so far.
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20世纪70年代初，响应毛主席号召，知识青年上山下乡。老师（成泰燊 饰）带着教育革命实践小组来到西坪村采风编教材。高中生静秋（周冬雨 饰）被安排在老村长（李雪健 饰）家，村长媳妇（萨日娜 饰）介绍情况时，提到了一个名叫老三（窦骁 饰）的小伙子。他是地质勘探队成员，平日作业，很少回家。静秋对老三很好奇，终于两人相见，以山楂树为话题，袒露心扉，互有好感。老三送她钢笔，陪她解忧，慢慢两人暗生情愫。但静秋返城时，听到老三有女友的传闻，态度骤冷。静秋的父亲被打成右派，母亲（奚美娟 饰）在劳动改造，她和弟弟妹妹课余帮母亲糊信封，生活很艰苦。为了能留校，静秋还要辛勤打工。被误会的老三，只得暗暗想方设法帮助静秋，直到两人重归于好。但他们的事被静秋的母亲撞见了。为了静秋的前途，老三在逼迫下许下了彼此不再见面的誓言……