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Directed by Jeon Soo-il (전수일)
Screenplay by Jeon Soo-il (전수일)
96min | Release date in South Korea : 2009/06/11Synopsis
The vast lands of the Himalayas stand before him. There, he is finally able to discover his true self. Beyond the sudden snowstorms, he watches the backside of himself headed somewhere....
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 "I Came From Busan", the latest feature by indie auteur JEON Soo-il will screen in the Official Section competition of the 57th San Sebastian International Film Festival, running September 18 – 26 in northern Spain. It is one of 2 Asian features to compete in this year's festival, the other being Chinese director LU Chuan's "City of Life and Death". JEON's previous films have fared well on the international festival circuit, with his 2007 feature "With a Girl of Black Soil" winning numerous prizes including at Venice, Pusan and Deauville. His 2009 release "Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells" screened in competition at the Karlovy Vary Int'l Film Festival. "I Came From Busan" is about a woman giving up her baby for adoption. JEON, born in 1959, completed his masters and doctorate degrees in Film Science at the University of Paris 7 in Paris, France. He is currently an associate professor in the Department of Theatre & Film of Kyungsung University and the president of Dongnyuk ...| More | |||||||||
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 By Lee Hyo-wonStaff Reporters Director Jeon Soo-il can be grouped among "the Kim Ki-duk clan" of artists who are better appreciated in the international film festival circuit than in local theaters. His latest film "Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells" is slated to compete in July _ when he turns 50 _ at the 44th Karlovivary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic. This means that all six of Jeon's features will have been invited to major cinema events. But as much as the film, now showing in theaters, marked the comeback of "Old Boy" star Choi Min-sik, its press preview attracted a mad crowd of reporters (Some 20 people had turned up for his previous multiple award-winning "With a Girl of Black Soil"). The aforementioned Kim is known to provoke onscreen, and Jeon also does not hesitate to depict shocking characters that take performance art to an extreme degree and commit suicide on stage ("I Have the Right to Destroy Myself"). "I had Choi Min-sik in mind when ...| More | |||||||||
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| A stranger's death is the beginning of a journey to the middle of nowhere. A simple yet profound independent film has opened at Korean box offices amidst a flood of speedy, sensual blockbusters. Let me invite you to a sanctuary for tired souls, "Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells". Choi has spent his whole life trying to get ahead. He has sent his family abroad while working in Korea. Unfortunately, he is fired due to a corporate restructuring. Then one day, Choi emerges from his misery to take the ashes of a Nepalese laborer to his family. [Interview : Jeon Soo-il Director of "Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells" ] "It's the story of a man setting out to return the remains of a stranger to his home. But the journey turns out to be a soul search, and the man reflects upon his own identity". A man who escapes from the world and finds himself in nature. The part of Choi is played by Choi Min-sik. Choi Min-sik is an actor already receiving worldwide recognition. In "Old Boy" he ...| More | |||||||||
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Korea's exhibition major CJ-CGV will expand the number of screens its multiplex franchise has devoted to art house and independent films from seven to ten. Under a program entitled Movie Collage, CJ-CGV's specialty films team plans to expand the base for diversity films and support the discovery of talented new filmmakers.
CJ-CGV encourages promotion and distribution of local low-budget films through various platforms such as sponsorship of festivals (Cinema Digital Seoul, Pusan Int'l FF) and awards such as the CJ-CGV Korean Film Distribution Award at the Jeonju Int'l FF, which this year went to SIN Dong-il's "Bandhobi". The exhibitor recently also announced a deal with indie and art house importer and producer Sponge Entertainment to screen a number of Sponge's local independent films. Upcoming or in-release films on the Movie Collage slate include "Boat", starring HA Jeong-woo, HONG Sang-soo's "Like You Know It All" and JEON Soo-il's "Himalaya, Where The Wind Dwells". ...| More | |||||||||
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He seems to have grown out of the young pretty boy look and taking a more mature and masculine appearance...or not....| More | |||||||||
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