KOFIC has announced the recipients of the first round of the 2006 Subtitle Translation and Print Production support program. Six feature films and five short films were selected out of 27 total submissions (15 feature films, 12 short and independent films). The program provides funding for the production of a subtitled print, with specific arrangements to be made by the film's producer or international sales agent.
A second round of applicants will be considered in late 2006.
The latest recipients are:
Don't Look Back (dir. KIM Yeong-nam, 127 min, submitted by Emotion Pictures)
The Customer is Always Right (dir
OH Ki-hyeon, 106 min, submitted by JoWoo Film)
Time (dir
KIM Ki-duk, 96 min, submitted by Cineclick Asia)
The King and the Clown (dir. ...
MoreWhat if you have a dark secret you don't want disclosed and somebody else wants to exploit your vulnerability? "
The Customer is Always Right" (Sonnimeun Wang-ida) is an intriguing fable about such a situation where inevitably, main characters collide with each other.
The story begins in an extremely clean, well-lit barbershop. Ahn Chang-jin (
Seong Ji-roo) is the proud owner and self-taught professional. He does not spare money to purchase the best scissors and hair-cutting equipment; he cleans the white-colored shop every day as if no dust is allowed to step into the sacred place; he plays only classical music for his respectable, high-brow customers.
The reality, however, is that Ahn's barbershop is one of many obscure places in the equally plain back streets of Seoul. It's nowhere near the upscale district, but Ahn's peculiar obsession with the best equipment, high-brow taste, and the extreme cleanliness is entertaining.
Furthermore, he has a beautiful wife named Jeon Yeon-ok (
Seong Hyeon-ah) wh...
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