"Crossing" Moves U.S. Audience to Tears @ HanCinema :: The Korean Movie and Drama Database, discover the South Korean cinema and drama diversity

My Hancinema

|

Sign up, Why ?

Your E-mail

Password

Auto

|

|

| | Advertise | Contact

HanCinema :: The Korean Movie and Drama Database, discover the South Korean cinema diversity

HanCinema weekly NewsLetter | All the NewsLetters

Your E-mail

Subscribe

Unsubscribe

(Your E-mail won't be used or sold.)

Home

Movies & dramas - Search

Actresses & actors

"Crossing" Moves U.S. Audience to Tears

2008/05/02 | Source | Permalink |

A screening of "Crossing", a South Korean film based on true accounts of North Korean defectors, was held at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. The audience included House International Relations Committee specialists Dennis Halpin and Doug Anderson, Peter Beck, executive director of the U.S Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, Kim Sung-min, a former North Korean refugee and head of Free North Korea Radio, and 100 foreign journalists.

The film is about a North Korean father who crosses the border to China in search of food, leaving his ailing wife and 11-year-old son behind. After reaching South Korea, he desperately tries to bring his family out of North Korea, but his wife dies from malnutrition and his young son perishes in the Mongolian desert.

Several audience members reportedly broke in tears at the sad plight of this desperate North Korean father and the horrendous state of human rights violation in the North. Dennis Halpin called it a "masterpiece" that showed the tragedy of North Korean residents to the world just like "The Diary of Anne Frank" did for the Nazi Germany. Peter Beck called it the best film ever made on the subject of North Korean defectors.

Directed by Kim Tae-gyoon and starring South Korean film star Cha In-pyo, "Crossing" will be released in theaters on June 5th.

Source : world.kbs.co.kr/engli... (

English )

Related movies/dramas

Crossing

Crossing
(크로싱 - 2008)

To participate to HanCinema, you must sign up or log in. Sign up, Why ?

Newer : [DVD Review] A look at the girls' side of gundae

Older : Rain's Agency Targets Japanese Market

Coupons
US$ 5 & US$ 3 off coupons for new customers only on YesAsia WGASIA5 : Enter this code at checkout for US$5 discount on any product (orders over $30 - new customers only) WGASIA3 : Enter this code at checkout for US$3 discount on any product (orders over $15 - new customers only)

New and future DVD releases

More

Be Strong, ... DVD Vol.2/4 (US - En Sub) 2008/07/29	A Delicious... DVD (US - En Sub) 2008/07/28	The Chaser DVD Limited Edition (En Sub) 2008/07/24	Hong Gil Do... DVD Limited Edition (En Sub) 2008/07/17	Sangdo DVD Vol. 3 of 3 Limited Edition (En Sub) 2008/07/17	A Tale of L... DVD Limited Edition (En Sub) 2008/07/15	Yi San DVD Vol.2 of 4 (US - En, Sp Sub) 2008/07/12	Fate DVD Limited Edition (En Sub) 2008/07/11
The Guard P... DVD Limited Edition (En Sub) 2008/07/05	Too Beautif... DVD HK (En Sub) 2008/07/02	The Classic DVD HK (En Sub) 2008/07/02	Robber DVD (US - En Sub) 2008/06/30	Hwangjin-i DVD (HK - Ch Tr Sub) 2008/06/27	Hello, Miss DVD (HK - En, Ch Tr Sub) 2008/06/27	If in Love.... DVD (MY - En, Ch Tr, My SUb) 2008/06/26	Get Karl! O... DVD (MY - En, Ch Tr, My Sub) 2008/06/26
Be Strong, ... DVD Vol.1/4 (US - En Sub) 2008/06/24	On Air DVD Limited Edition (En Sub) 2008/06/24	happy toget... DVD (En Sub) 2008/06/23	Do Re Mi Fa... DVD (En Sub) 2008/06/20	Taegukgi Blu-ray (En Sub) 2008/06/20	Welcome to ... Blu-ray (En Sub) 2008/06/20	D-War Blu-ray (En Sub) 2008/06/20	The Host Blu-ray (En Sub) 2008/06/20
HERs DVD (En Sub) 2008/06/19	Someone Beh... DVD (TW - En, CH Tr Sub) 2008/06/18	My New Part... DVD (En Sub) 2008/06/17	Sangdo DVD Vol. 2 of 3 Limited Edition (En Sub) 2008/06/17	The Legend ... DVD (TW - En, Ch Tr Sub) 2008/06/14	Precious Fa... DVD (TW - Ch Tr Sub) 2008/06/14	I'm a Cybor... DVD Deluxe Edition (En, Ch, Ch Tr Sub) (En Sub) 2008/06/13	Roommates -... DVD HK (En Sub) 2008/06/11

Sunny Days Ahead

Asian Entertainment Shop (Global) | Asian Entertainment Shop (US) | Asian Fashion Shop

To view the quick lists, you just have to log in or sign up. It's free. Sign up, Why ?

LoveOrama 100% free personals

LoveOrama - 100% free personals

Made by Cédric Collemine | Privacy policy | Contact | Advertise on HanCinema globally and locally

YesAsia $3, $5 off, YesStyle $5, $10


	Movie of the week Forever the Moment (우리 생애 최고의 순간 - 2007) More


	Free trial


	US$5 off (order min. US$5) Coupon code HANSTYLE Get a $10 off $20 order coupon, for first purchase and for HanCinema members only, so sign up, and get the coupon here

Today's birthdays (2008/07/05 GMT)

Lee Hong-goo (이홍구)

Lee Hong-goo
(이홍구)

Kim Jong-hyeon (김종현)

Kim Jong-hyeon
(김종현)

Lee Hyeok-jae (이혁재)

Lee Hyeok-jae
(이혁재)

Jeong Woon-taek (정운택)

Jeong Woon-taek
(정운택)


	Follow HanCinema Daily news by Mail HanCinema updates on Twitter

Visit me.HanCinema.net

Ddung