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A haunting work about the division of Korea , structured around a personal narrative , Bukhansan / Bukhangang consists of two parts screened simultaneously : while one film follows a woman during her climb onto the mountain Bukhansan , listening to her autobiographical narration , the other appears to depict glances into the narrator ’ s imagination and memories . The mountain Bukhansan ( a name that both designates the mountain and literally means " big mountain in the north ”) becomes both a political and a personal symbol .
The second part centers on Bukhangang — the name of a tributary of the Han River , that flows through both North and South Korea , crossing the Korean Demilitarized Zone .
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