7th Women's Film Festival in Seoul
From today through April 15
Artreon Theater
The event will screen about 90 films and documentaries from 27 different countries celebrating women in cinema Most of the films will have English subtitles. Tickets: 3,000 won per screening. Located near Sinchon Station on subway line 2. Details: (02) 583-3598 or www.wffis.or.kr.
The President's Last Bang (Kuttae Kusaramdul) (2005)
Until April 14
Joongang Cinema
The film recreates a private party held at the president's secret quarters on Oct. 26, 1979, where Kim Jae-kyu, then chief of the Korea Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) shot and killed the president. The news of the film's production was met with opposition from conservatives and from Park Ji-man, the president's son, taking legal action to prevent its release. Along with the political controversy, "Last Bang" makes it difficult to separate the movie from the politics, mixing fiction and reality and constantly flipping back ...|
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