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10 Oct 2021, 8:02 pm

Netflix’s ‘Move To Heaven’ wins best creative at Asia Contents Awards

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Netflix Korean drama Move To Heaven scooped three prizes at Busan’s Asia Contents Awards (ACA) on Thursday night, including the best creative award, best actor (Lee Je-hoon) and best writer (Yoon Ji-ryun).

The series, which started streaming on Netflix in May, follows a man with Asperger syndrome and his ex-convict uncle who run a trauma cleaning company.


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18 Oct 2021, 3:48 am

I just binge-watched this series, coz I was in the mood, I guess.
It becomes quite a tear-jerker, and I would have preferred more emphasis on solving the clues and less emotional overload - but I thought the autistic character was portrayed fairly well, as these things go.