The breathless Korean sci-fi monster movie Hope leaves the Cannes Film Festival floored
CANNES, France (AP) — Sprawling action movies with aliens do not generally compete for the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or. But Na Hong-jin's “Hope” is not your average science fiction. Few movies were more anticipated in Cannes. It's been 10 years since Na's last film, the well-regarded 2016 thriller “The Wailing. ” While some of Na's fellow Korean genre masters, like Bong Joon Ho, have found global renown, for many cinephiles, Na is overdue for the kind of global introduction a a...
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