NYAFF XIX Review: Choi Yun-Tae’s BASEBALL GIRL Takes A Swing At The Glass Ceiling, Aims Even Higher
The international premiere for director Choi Yun-tae’s new coming-of-age sports drama, Baseball Girl, brought a rousing ceremony for actress Lee Joo-young as the recipient for this year’s Screen International Rising Star Asia Award at NYAFF. At 104 minutes with a performance that’s as emotionally demanding as it is physically, the award comes well deserved for a burgeoning star who’s been a presence on the independent scene for several years now. Choi’s feature directorial debut takes its cues from a time in Korean history where women weren’t accepted into any aspect of baseball, much less major league until 1996. With one foot out of the door as she teeters reluctantly into the proverbial “real world”, Joo Soo-in (Lee Joo-young) was her school’s star athlete for a time, having broken the glass ceiling as her team’s fastest pitcher. Just as her childhood friend Lee Jung-Ho (Kwak Dong-yeon) takes the spotlight with a […]
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