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China to allow the screening of a Korean film for the first time in six years
Oh! My Gran is set to hit Chinese theatres this Friday (December 3), becoming the first Korean film to be screened in the nation in six years since 2015’s Assassination, starring Jun Ji-hyun (Legend Of The Blue Sea, Jirisan) and Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game, The Housemaid).Oh! My Gran, which first premiered in 2020, stars actress Na Moon-hee as the film’s lead character of Moon-hee, an elderly woman who believes she is a princess in an animated series, but is actually diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and is under the care of her son Du-won and granddaughter Bo-mi.Film critics in China are optimistic about the future of Korean films and shows in the East Asian country, describing the screening of Oh! My Gran in China as an “icebreaker” between