July 7, 2008

May 18 (2008) **

A disturbing drama from South Korea, about the infamous Gwangju Massacre of May 18, 1980, in which soldiers opened fire on civilian protesters trying to prevent a military coup d'état. Similar to UK's "Bloody Sunday" (2002) by Paul Greengrass, and France's "Nuit noire, 17 octobre 1961" (2005) by Alain Tasma.