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The Last of the Sea Women

2024 · 87 min

A quiet, salt-soaked tribute to resilient older women whose underwater labor and fading tradition leave you moved and a little worried.

Tagline: Their tradition. Their legacy. Their survival.
Overview: On the shores of Jeju Island, a fierce group of South Korean divers fight to save their vanishing culture from looming threats.
How it feels: Warm, melancholic, tense and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Survival, trauma, identity, environment
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
trauma
identity
environment
aging
Places: sea
countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Sue Kim
Starring: Jang Soon-duk, Kang Joo-hwa, Woo Jeong-min, Lee Geum-ok, Jeong Young-ae, Park In-sook, Lee Hee-soon, Ko Im-saeng
Music: Jang Young-gyu
Cinematography: Eunsoo Cho, Iris Ng
Runtime: 87 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English, Korean