{"id":25653,"date":"2017-07-11T15:35:04","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T19:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=25653"},"modified":"2017-07-11T15:35:31","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T19:35:31","slug":"jane-2016-new-york-asian-film-festival-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/11\/jane-2016-new-york-asian-film-festival-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Jane (2016) [New York Asian Film Festival 2017]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>On the fringes of society, a runaway finds solace and safety in living with a transgender woman named Jane and her makeshift family.\u00a0 There, she finds support and other things families often provide.<\/p>\n

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Director Cho Hyun-hoon takes these misfits in a society that clearly does not seem to want them and puts them together in a way that they look like they belong together.\u00a0 He creates a pseudo family for them in each other, one that after enough stress and issues begins to fall apart as families sometimes do.\u00a0 Here he creates relationships and characters through hardship and difficulties.\u00a0 The characters are clearly trying to survive as best they can, clinging to the past and to dreams with little chances of coming true.\u00a0 His study of these young adults\/late teens is direct and unflinching when it comes to their feelings and what they will do to survive in a difficult society that has rejected them more than once.\u00a0 He creates a story that is touching and that feels real.\u00a0 The way he approaches the subject is non-exploitive while still showing the situations and problems head on.<\/p>\n

The characters created here are led by Lee Min-ji as So-hyun and Gu Gyo-hwan as the titular Jane.\u00a0 These two are the ones that captivate in this story and connect the most with the viewer.\u00a0 Their stories interconnect through happenstance and similar wants in life.\u00a0 The two of them show the audience women wanting to be happy, looking for ways to be so even though oftentimes through ways that may cause them issues more than happiness.\u00a0 The acting the two leads do here is talented and gives their characters reality and emotions that come across quite well while keeping the attention and making the viewer want to know more about them.\u00a0 They both play women looking for happiness while feeling left out of society, something many can connect with.\u00a0 They do with a respect for their parts and for the viewers.<\/p>\n

This all happens in a world that is both bright and dirty, through the lens of cinematographer Cho Young-jik and with music by Flash Flood Darlings, both of which create a world of their own for the characters here and helps pass the emotions from them to the audience.\u00a0 The film has its own look and sound that are coherent and work well for the story.<\/p>\n

Jane is one of those films that is not entirely easy or comfortable to watch but it worth it.\u00a0 It gives the teenage angst and loneliness as well as young adult with difficult lives a voice.\u00a0 It\u2019s about people first and their difficulties or circumstances second.\u00a0 It connects with the audience through a story about people with real issues and real feelings.\u00a0 Not all the characters work as well, but the two leads are strong female characters and give equally strong performances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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