Columbus

Casey feels responsible for her drug-addicted mother and therefore cannot leave Columbus. Jin, the son of a Korean architecture professor, travels to Columbus because of his comatose father. Their paths cross. Kogonada, known for his video essays for Sight & Sound, has used his perceptive powers of observation to create a "unique and unforgettable" (Rolling Stone) feature debut that is "imbued with warmth and humanity." (Variety)

Keywords

  • Creatives: Debut Films
  • Sooner Exclusives
  • Sooner Exclusives: Stories that Matter
  • Architecture
  • family
  • relationship
  • US Indie Film

Actors

  • John Cho
  • Haley Lu Richardson
  • Michelle Forbes
  • Rory Culkin
  • Parker Posey

Director

  • Kogonada

Comedy, Romance

1h 44min

16+

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United States of America
2017
This debut feature interweaves themes of crystal meth, coma and architecture with a romantic tragicomedy set in the titular town of COLUMBUS, Indiana.

This debut feature interweaves themes of crystal meth, coma and architecture with a romantic tragicomedy set in the titular town of COLUMBUS, Indiana.


Casey feels responsible for her drug-addicted mother and therefore cannot leave Columbus. Jin, the son of a Korean architecture professor, travels to Columbus because of his comatose father. Their paths cross.


Kogonada, known for his video essays for Sight & Sound, has used his perceptive powers of observation to create a "unique and unforgettable" (Rolling Stone) feature debut that is "imbued with warmth and humanity." (Variety)

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Cast & Crew