Movie

The Asian Angel

2021 · 128 min

A gentle, meandering road movie that finds quiet warmth in awkward cross-cultural connections and small, hopeful steps forward.

Tagline: Life may batter and bruise you, but at least it leaves you free.
Overview: Aoki is a failing novelist, and Sol is a failing pop singer. Encountering each other in South Korea, speaking different languages, they and their families somehow end up in a truck heading off into the Korean countryside.
How it feels: Melancholic, warm, whimsical and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, isolation, identity, healing
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
isolation
identity
healing
love
Places: big city
countryside
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild