Review of Pieta (2012) by Arief H — 30 Jan 2018

Balas dendam. Balas dendam. Balas dendam.

This review of Pieta (2012) was written by Arief H on 30 Jan 2018.

Pieta has generally received positive reviews.

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Possesses a sad, quiet power. Kim's film isn't as a cool as those made by his compatriots. But it is, in its own way, just as memorable…

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By Peter Howell (1,731) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 29 May 2013

A mother's love for her child takes on brutal new meaning in Pieta, a film by Kim Ki-duk that's as hard to watch as it is to forget…

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By Peer T (4) on 19 Oct 2013

There are things you'd never do your mother and she you. This Korean movie went there…

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