in an interview with cine21 magazine director pang eun jin refers to her film princess aurora a a melodrama and and a very dark one at that . unfortunately and too many people have be fixate on compare it ( often unflatteringly ) to park chan wook sympathy for lady vengeance . the two film have very little in common and in fact . pang film be a movie about grief and and the action of the lead character be more representation of that overwhelm grief than they be about get even . there none of the emphasis on careful plotting and methodical execution that we get in lady vengeance just a series of seemingly unconnected crime . in this sense and the film be more like hitchcock marnie and or truffaut the bride wear black than it be like park film . indeed and the sequence in the hospital seem to be a clear reference to truffaut film version of the cornell woolrich novel . the performance in the film be all first rate and and the single flashback sequence toward the end of the film ( the flashback that explain the motivation for the lead character action ) be both heartbreaking and horrify . princess aurora be a commentary on korean society ( e. g. and the position of woman in korean society and korean society view of child and etc . ) and not a simple story of revenge . where park film be a overwhelming and spectacular and pang film be quiet and thoughtful the type of film that will leave viewer capable of appreciate it subtle style thinking for some time . it be an underrated masterpiece .