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  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • The Cinema Guild
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • The Cinema Guild
  • 1 h 28 m

Summary Young-Chan is an accomplished poet who can no longer hear or see. He communicates with his wife Soon-Ho through finger braille, a unique form of communication where words are tapped on each other's hands. They rely on one another completely; even simple domestic tasks require complex collaboration and everyday moments that most of us har...

Directed By: Seung-jun Yi

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • The Cinema Guild
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • The Cinema Guild
  • 1 h 28 m

Planet of Snail

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Summary Young-Chan is an accomplished poet who can no longer hear or see. He communicates with his wife Soon-Ho through finger braille, a unique form of communication where words are tapped on each other's hands. They rely on one another completely; even simple domestic tasks require complex collaboration and everyday moments that most of us har...

Directed By: Seung-jun Yi

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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8% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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83% Positive
10 Reviews
8% Mixed
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88
Jul 27, 2012
Gentle, simply told love stories are as rare in documentaries these days as they are in narrative film. That alone makes Yi Seung-jun's Planet of Snail a standout.
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80
Jul 27, 2012
More often Planet of Snail evokes, in radiant detail, the mutual reliance that makes good partnerships work.
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80
Jul 25, 2012
Above all, this beautifully photographed documentary is a poetic meditation on refined sensory perception.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 23, 2012
A disability-centric documentary that moves viewers without resorting to trite devices, Seung-Jun Yi's Planet of Snail takes a condition most of us would find unbearable and demystifies it while finding room for poetry.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
75
Jul 25, 2012
With little story to speak of, Planet Of Snail is more of an experiential piece, closing in on the pleasure and wonder with which Young-chan takes in details like rain falling outside the window and the bark of a tree.
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70
Jul 24, 2012
An unadorned, unsentimental portrait of a marriage, Yi Seung-jun's documentary Planet of Snail celebrates the daily life of an exceptionally collaborative couple.
By Melissa Anderson FULL REVIEW
38
Sep 13, 2012
The Korean documentary Planet of Snail is spare and unemphatic - too much so - with an abiding sweetness of spirit.
By Mark Feeney FULL REVIEW

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Production Company CreativeEAST, Dalpaengee, NHK, Yleisradio (YLE), Finnish Film Foundation, Vaski Filmi
Release Date Jul 25, 2012
Duration 1 h 28 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.planetofsnail.com/
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Awards

Asia Pacific Screen Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Camerimage
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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