SOUTH KOREA · 2022

20th Century Girl

Bang Woo-ri
teenage romance unrequited love friendship coming of age 1990s nostalgia
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Synopsis

In 1999, a teen girl keeps close tabs on a boy in school on behalf of her deeply smitten best friend – then she gets swept up in a love story of her own.

Year2022
CountrySouth Korea
DirectorBang Woo-ri
20th Century Girl poster

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