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Jeon Do-yeon Cast in 'The Housemaid'

Source | 2009/11/02 | 0 comments | Permalink |

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

Award-winning actress Jeon Do-yeon will play the lead role in the upcoming remake of Kim Ki-young's classic film "The Housemaid", Miro Vision announced Sunday.

The project marks the comeback of the 36-year-old, who gave birth to her first child after appearing in the low-budget melodrama "My Dear Enemy" last year. She recently received a cultural merit medal from the French government, Chevalier-Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. In 2007, she won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for "Secret Sunshine".

Featuring the provocative themes of adultery, murder and misguided desire, the original 1960 movie is hailed as a masterpiece that greatly influenced Korean cinema. A digitally restored version was screened at Cannes last year under the auspices of Martin Scorsese.

"I was startled. That this intensely, even passionately claustrophobic film is known only to the most devoted film lovers in the West is one of the great accidents of fi...| More

Jeon Do-yeon Awarded Top French Honor

Source | 2009/10/09 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Cannes award-winning actress Jeon Do-yeon is being honored by the French government with the Chevalier des Arts et Lettres medal.

The award was established in 1957 by France's Minister of Culture to recognize noteworthy contributors to the arts and literature.

Past recipients include J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, and actors George Clooney, Lee Byeong-heon, Sharon Stone and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Jeon has moved audiences with her passionate performances in numerous films, including "The Contact (1997)", "Happy End (1999)", "Untold Scandal (2003)" and "Secret Sunshine (2007)", and in TV soap operas such as "Lovers in Prague" (2005). With "Secret Sunshine", Jeon won the Best Actress Award at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, gaining worldwide fame.

The medal is presented on Saturday during the 14th Pusan International Film Festival currently being held in Korea's southern port city of Busan....| More

Actress Jeon to Get French Knight Order

Source | 2009/10/08 | 0 comments | Permalink |

The French government will award Korea's highly-acclaimed actress Jeon Do-yeon, with the title of the Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honor, France's highest (Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Légion d'Honneur), her agency said Thursday.

Launched in 1802 by Napoleon, the Legion of Honor is granted regardless of the nationality of its recipient.

The title recognizes Jeon's contribution to the culture and art fields, especially her efforts to promote Korean cinema in France. She won the Best Actress Award for her leading role in Lee Chang-dong's "Secret Sunshine" at the 60th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in 2007.

The award ceremony will take place at the French Night event on the sideline of the Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF), which started on Thursday in the nation's largest southern port city.

Jeon spent five years starring in television dramas before achieving instant star status with her film debut opposite Han Seok-kyu in "The Contact". She has established ...| More

YOON Jeong-hee-I's comeback in LEE Chang-dong film

Source | 2009/08/31 | 0 comments | Permalink |

60s iconic actress YOON Jeong-hee-I will return to acting after more than fifteen years. Internationally renowned director LEE Chang-dong cast her as the lead of his upcoming film "Poetry". YOON will play a poetry writing grandmother who works as a housemaid to support her grandson.

LEE started shooting his fifth film on 25 August. The three month shoot will take place in Korea's Gyeonggi and Gangwon provinces. "Poetry" is scheduled to meet Korean audiences in May 2010.

LEE's previous film was "Secret Sunshine" which earned JEON Do-yeon the best actress award at Festival de Cannes in 2007. MOON So-ri won the best actress nod in 2002 at the Venice Film Festival for her performance in LEE's "Oasis".

YOON starred in numerous box office hits in the 60s like "Sorrowful Youth" (1967), and she was last seen as an actress in "Manmubang" (1994). She won the Grand Bell best actress award for her performance in "Manmubang".

Yi Ch'ang-ho (KOFIC)...| More

Actress Yoon Returns to Screen After 15 Yrs

Source | 2009/08/28 | 0 comments | Permalink |

By Chung Ah-young
Staff Reporter

Veteran actress Yoon Jeong-hee-I will return to the silver screen for the first time in 15 years, appearing last in the 1994 film "Manmubang".

The 65-year-old actress, and wife of renowned pianist Paik Kun-woo, will star in the new film "Poem" (working title) directed by Lee Chang-dong.

In the film, Yoon will play the role of Mija, a woman in her mid-60s, who works as a maid by day and writes poetry at night, while raising her grandson alone on the government's scanty supplementary living allowance.

The film is the newest work by the award-winning director following "Secret Sunshine" in 2007.

The actress began shooting the film on Aug. 25 and will continue for three months in Gyeonggi and Gangwon provinces.

Yoon, who lives in France, is known to have decided to appear in the film after being suggested for the role by Lee at last year's Pusan (Busan) International Film Festival.

She won the Best Actress award at the Daejong (Grand B...| More