Country: South Korea
Year: 2008
Duration: 145'
Sungnam is a forty-year-old award-winning painter and a married “I shaped the story focusing on a man who leaves his house and runs
man. He arrives at the Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris with a huge
suitcase, running away from a jail sentence received in Korea because
he was caught drunk and smoking marijuana. In Paris he spends his
days in the park or wandering aimlessly through the city.
He accidentally meets his ex-girlfriend Minsun, but the unexpected
reunion leaves him cold. Sungnam loves his wife and his thoughts
are constantly with the woman he had to leave behind on her own
in Korea.
away for a ridiculous reason, and while doing so, he longs for his wife
at a distant place as he goes through several encounters. This evolved
into one man’s search for a path to express his specific existence.
I chose a narration using the man’s internal voice as well as a story
structure that gives a diary-like feel to it. I also chose to use a limited
way of exposing the man’s perception of the people around him.”
Biography
film director
Sangsoo Hong
Hong Sangsoo (Seoul, South Korea, 1960) studied filmmaking at Chungang University before going to the US to receive a BFA from the California College of Arts and Crafts and an MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1996 he released his debut feature The Day a Pig Fell into the Well, awarded in Vancouver and Rotterdam. His second film, The Power of Kangwon Province (1998), received a special mention at the Cannes Film Festival and Turning Gate (2002) was screened in several international film festivals, including Toronto, New York and Thessaloniki. The films Woman Is the Future of Man (2004) and Tale of Cinema (2005) were both in competition at the Cannes Film Festival and Woman on the Beach (2006) was presented in Berlin and Toronto.
FILMOGRAFIA
Daijiga umule pajinnal (The Day a Pig Fell into the Well, 1996), Kangwon-do ui him (The Power of Kangwon Province, 1998), Oh! Soo-jung (Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, 2000), Saenghwalui balgyeon (Turning Gate, 2002), Yeojaneun namjaui miraeda (Woman Is the Future of Man, 2004), Geuk jang jeon (Tale of Cinema, 2005),
Haebyonui yoin (Woman on the Beach, 2006), Bam gua nat (Night and Day, 2008).
Cast
& Credits
regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura/director, story, screenplay Hong Sangsoo
fotografia/cinematography Kim Hoonkwang
montaggio/film editing Hahm Sungwon
musica/music Jeong Yongjin
suono/sound Chang Chulho
interpreti e personaggi/ cast and characters
Kim Youngho (Kim Sungnam), Park Eunhye (Lee Yujeong), Hwang Sujung (Han Sungin), Kee Joobon (il signor/Mr Jang), Kim Youjin (Jang Minsun), Seo Minjeong (Cho Hyunju), Lee Sunkyun (Yoon Gyoungsu), Jung Jihye (Jung Jihye)
produttore/producer Oh Jungwan
produzione/production bom Film Productions
coproduttori/coproducers Kang Dongku, Ellen Kim
vendita all’estero/ world sales UMedia
fotografia/cinematography Kim Hoonkwang
montaggio/film editing Hahm Sungwon
musica/music Jeong Yongjin
suono/sound Chang Chulho
interpreti e personaggi/ cast and characters
Kim Youngho (Kim Sungnam), Park Eunhye (Lee Yujeong), Hwang Sujung (Han Sungin), Kee Joobon (il signor/Mr Jang), Kim Youjin (Jang Minsun), Seo Minjeong (Cho Hyunju), Lee Sunkyun (Yoon Gyoungsu), Jung Jihye (Jung Jihye)
produttore/producer Oh Jungwan
produzione/production bom Film Productions
coproduttori/coproducers Kang Dongku, Ellen Kim
vendita all’estero/ world sales UMedia