■ Sisily 2 km (2004)
At noon on Nov. 27
Seoul Selection Bookstore
Combining two different movie genres _ horror film and gangster comedy, the film "Sisily 2 km" is a story about a group of gangsters struggling to find a betrayer who runs away with diamonds. Yang-I (
Im Chang-jeong) and his subordinates, a group of wacky misfits, have three days to find Sok-tae (Kwon Oh-joong), who took off with the loot, and bring the diamonds back to their boss. Sok-tae comes to a small and seemingly peaceful village of Sisily and a trace on his cell phone leads the group to the town as well. As they deal with the townsfolk, who have a few secrets of their own and having let greed get the best of them after finding out about the diamonds, the gangsters get close to horrible secrets hidden in the place. Tickets; 3,000 won. Located near Anguk Station, subway line 3. Details: (02) 734-9539 or www.seoulselection.com.
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My Generation (2004)
Opens on Dec. 3.
Hyperteque Nada
Directed by
Noh Dong-seok, the movie "
My Generation" depicts the lives of a couple in love, poor and very introverted. The man wants to become a film director but works photographing people's weddings, while the woman goes from job to job to make a living. The world seems to be against them and the couple becomes more and more marginalized. Located near Hyehwa Station on subway line 4. Details: (02) 766-3390.
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Oasis (2002) and Pakha Satang (Pepprermint Candy) (2000)
Saturday at 2 p.m.
KNTO Building
Two feature films by renowned director
Lee Chang-dong will be screened back to back. "
Oasis", which won Lee the best director's prize in Venice two years ago, stars
Seol Kyeong-gu and
Moon So-ri in an unusual romance between a slightly slow outcast and a woman with cerebral palsy. "
Peppermint Candy", Lee's second feature, looked at one troubled man's life, beginning from his suicide in the present and going backwards through the 1990s and '80s. The film also stars Sul, with Moon in a smaller role as Sul's first true love. Located near exit 5 of Chonggak Station, subway line 1. Free. Details: (02) 729- 9497/8.
