Country: South Korea
Year: 2000
Duration: 105'
Young Han leaves home because he hates his parents, who have divorced. He meets Chang, a violent young man who spends his time at the bars in the red light district. Han finds work in a restaurant where Ran, Chang's girlfriend, works as a waitress. On day he meets Sari, a "tough" girl, who rides her motorcycle around and spends her money on hallucinogens. She still suffers from the awful memory of an act of sexual violence she experienced at home when she was a young girl. Thanks to Han, Sari starts to slowly open up.
"Personally, I think Nunmul is a real punk movie. When we finished shooting it, the actors told me they considered this a comic-erotic-action film and this made me very happy. I met with many young people before I started shooting. None of them were happy, but their lives were quite dynamic. I have tried to represent this feeling of vitality. I hope this will become a legendary film for young people" (Im Sang-soo).
Biography
film director
Im Sang-soo
Im Sang-soo was born in Seoul in 1962 and received a degree in sociology in 1986. As a student, he became involved in cinema and worked as assistant director to Im Kwon-taek on the set of Mandara (1981) and other films of his during the 1990's. In 1989 he completed his studies at the Fine Arts Academy and continued his activity as assistant director. In 1998 he directed his first film, Girl's Night Out, which won an important prize in Korea and was invited to participate in numerous international festivals. Nunmul is his second full-length film.
FILMOGRAFIA
Girl's Night Out (1998), Nunmul (2000).
Cast
& Credits
Regia, soggetto e sceneggiatura: Im Sang-soo.
Director of photography: Lee Du-man.
Art director: Lee Jin-ho.
Editor: Yu Ju-hyun.
Sound: Kim Tan-young
Direzione musicale: Mun Jun-ho.
Cast and characters: Park Keun-young (Sari), Han Jun (Han), Cho Eun-ji (Ran), Bong Taegyu (Chang), Sung Ji-ri (Yong-ho).
Production company: Kang Bong-rae per b.o.m. Film Production.
Foreign sales agent: CJ Entertainment, 11/F, Cheiljedang Bldg., 500 Namdaemun, Chung-ku, Seoul, 100-095 Korea, tel. +82-2-7268564, fax +82-2-7268291, e-mail catherine@cj.net.
Director of photography: Lee Du-man.
Art director: Lee Jin-ho.
Editor: Yu Ju-hyun.
Sound: Kim Tan-young
Direzione musicale: Mun Jun-ho.
Cast and characters: Park Keun-young (Sari), Han Jun (Han), Cho Eun-ji (Ran), Bong Taegyu (Chang), Sung Ji-ri (Yong-ho).
Production company: Kang Bong-rae per b.o.m. Film Production.
Foreign sales agent: CJ Entertainment, 11/F, Cheiljedang Bldg., 500 Namdaemun, Chung-ku, Seoul, 100-095 Korea, tel. +82-2-7268564, fax +82-2-7268291, e-mail catherine@cj.net.