Sinopsis
After finishing a delivery, Jongsu, a young delivery guy, finds, by chance, Haemi, an old childhood friend. The excentric girl asks Jongsu to take care of her cat while she goes on a trip to Africa. Weeks later, Haemi comes back accompanied by Ben, an enigmatic upper class young man that joined her in her trip. One day, he reveals his odd past time hobbie to Jongsu...
Director / Lee Chang-dong
Production / Lee Chang-dong, Kang Kyung-ho, Matsui-kei, Kim Tae-hwan, Chung Cul-woong, Billy Acumen.
Screenplay / Jungme Oh, Lee Chang-dong.
Cast / Jong-seo Jung, Ah-in Yoo, Steven Yeun, Soo-Kyung Kim, Seung-ho Choi.
Cinematography / Kyung-pyo Hong
Editing / Da-won Kim, Hyun Kim
Sound / Lee Seung-chul
Original Score / Mowg
Production Design / Jum-he Shin
Corea del Sur. 2018
Ficción, 148 min.
Lee Chang-dong
Daegu, South Korea, 1954. Director, screenwriter and a novelist. His career started in theater, when he was twenty years old and then started writing. He made his director's debut with the film Green Fish, a film noir, "unique amongst those in the genre." "Green Fish" was an exploration of the genre conventions and of the real world. He continued his exploration of life and cinema with "Peppermint Candy," in which he experimented with the use of flashbacks within a narative. In "Oasis," he cuestioned the true nature of people's comunication. It was with this two films that he received the critic's plaudits, as well as popular success worldwide. With "Oasis," he won Best Director in the Venice Film Festival. En 2003 he was named tourism and culture minister. Once his dutty ended, he directed his fourth film, "Secret Sunshine." The highly regarded acting job of Jeon Do-yeon, as the tormented Shin-ae, granted her the Best Actor award at Cannes, in 2007. His fith film, "Poetry," won Best Screenplay award at Cannes as well as other prestigious awards. After Poetry, he made his return with "Burning."
Filmografia
- 2018 — Burning
- 2010 — Poetry
- 2007 — Secret Sunshine
- 2002 — Oasis
- 1997 — Green Fish
Festivales y Premios
- 2018 Festival de Cannes: Premio FIPRESCI
- 2018 Festival Internacional de Cine de Toronto
- 2018 Festival de Sitges Sl. 2018 Selección Oficial
- 2018 Festival Internacional de Cinel de Mar del Plata
- 2019 FICUNAM
