I recently watched Pavane on Netflix. The story didn’t immediately draw me in, and at first I didn’t find the characters especially compelling. Still, the film explores how society responds to physical appearance, especially through the premise of a very handsome man falling in love with a girl society considers ugly. It also shows how insecurities, trust issues, and old traumas can keep a character from finding happiness, while quietly revealing anxiety and depression in the three main characters.
I wasn’t able to finish it because I got spoiled about the ending. Knowing what was coming made it difficult for me to keep watching. Maybe someday, when I have the courage, I’ll go back and finish it.
Pavane is a 2026 film adapted from Park Min-gyu’s 2009 novel Pavane for a Dead Princess. Set in the mid-1980s, the narrative follows three emotionally guarded, vulnerable misfits as they navigate the anxieties of falling in love and try to heal one another’s hidden traumas. It also shares its title with the classical song from 1899.
