Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

Directed by Park Chan-wook (박찬욱)

Written by • Lee Jae-soon (이재순) • Lee Jong-yong (이종용) • Lee Moo-yeong (이무영) • Park Chan-wook (박찬욱)

121min | Release date in South Korea: 2002/03/29

Synopsis
A father sets out to get revenge on a kidnapper who mistakenly kills his precious daughter… A deaf boy resorts to kidnapping to save his one and only sister who is dying of kidney trouble, after his efforts to find a transplant fail tragically. A psychological thriller on the change of human instincts against the backdrop of extreme emotions and situations

International Film Festivals
2004 Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival ,
2005 Berlin Asia-Pacific Film Festival, Kaleidoskop
2003 Berlin International Film Festival ,
2002 Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival , Midnight Dark
2006 Paris Cinema , New Korean Cinemas
2005 Thessaloniki International Film Festival , Special Screenings
2004 Transilvania International Film Festival, Focus Korea
2002 Seattle International Film Festival ,
2002 Black Nights Film Festival ,
2005 Filmasia Film Festival , Tribute to director Park Chan-wook
2002 Bergen International Film Festival,
2002 Toronto International Film Festival ,
2002 Tokyo International Film Festival , Winds of Asia
2005 International Istanbul Film Festival , Korean Cinema
2003 Philadelphia International Film Festival, Danger after Dark
2003 Fantasia Film Festival , Faces of Korea
2005 Hong Kong Asian Film Festival , Special Presentation
2003 Udine Far East Film Festival ,
2004 Era New Horizons Film Festiva

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