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Intense, unresolvable grief and resentment amid violence and humiliation? Check.

is more literal than most, as a North Korean whose family was split apart during their escape. Every decision she makes—including a stint in a life of crime—is to make enough money to reunite with them. Frequently referred to as the “spy” or “the defector,” Sae-byeok also faces being othered by her fellow players, despite their shared language and ethnic heritage. When asked about where she’d like to go after the games, she says Jeju Island, because it looks nothing like Korea.

One such pairing is the brief friendship between Sae-byeok and Ji-yeong . When Ji-yeong loses the game on purpose to sacrifice her life for Sae-byeok’s, it both provokes the most emphatic outburst of emotion from Sae-byeok thus far, and a rare moment of tenderness, just before Ji-yeong dies. “Thank you,” she says while struggling to get the words out between tears, “for playing with me.

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