Movie

The President's Barber

2004 · 116 min

A wry, bittersweet sweep through decades of history seen from a humble shop, funny and quietly heartbreaking as politics creeps into family life.

Tagline: A time when a bad haircut can get you killed.
Overview: A well-meaning but politically naive barber gets pulled into the inner circle of the South Korean dictator Park Chung-Hee, with rather baleful consequences for his hapless family. This sharp political satire covers roughly twenty years in South Korean political history, from the viewpoint of the barber's son.
How it feels: Satirical, melancholic, warm and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Politics, family, power, corruption
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: satiricalstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: politics
family
power
corruption
fate
Places: big city
home
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild