By Pierce Conran
Returning with his third film to the festival where he picked up the top Korean Competition prize for his debut
A Fresh Start, director Jang Woo-jin delivers his most carefully designed work to date with
Winter's Night, one of this year's Jeonju Cinema Projects at the Jeonju International Film Festival. Yet for all its artistry and clear merit, a film with a strong opening act slowly loses its way as intriguing threads become muddled through thickly layered symbolic overtures that recall a great many similar Korean independent works, not to mention Jang's previous film
Autumn, Autumn.
