Cycle
From 26.09. To 03.10.2011.
Program of Korean films
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Films in cycle
My Girlfriend Is an Agent
(Chilgeup gongmuwon, 2009.)
Directed by: Terra Shin
PHOTOGRAPHY: Ju-young Choi
Synopsis:
A Russian criminal organization has plans to steal a dangerous chemical weapon from Korea. Two Korean special agents are assigned to prevent it from happening. They are Ahn Soo-ji, an experienced agent with great martial art skills and Lee Jae-joon, a clumsy newbie who has never before worked outside his office. The two of them had a love affair which did not end well, and the agents do not know each other’s true identity.
color, digital, 112 min
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 27.09.2011 AT 19:00
Monday 26.09.2011 AT 19:00
Le Grand Chef
(Sik-gaek, 2007.)
Directed by: Yun-su Jeon
PHOTOGRAPHY: Hee-ju Park
Synopsis:
After a culinary accident Sung-chan moves to the country to live with his grandfather. There he grows vegetables, sells them at the market and lives modestly but happily. He hears that there will be a new culinary contest and that the first prize is the legendary knife of the last emperor’s cook and decides to return to his hometown. There he faces his old rival.
color, digital, 113 min
PROJECTION:
Wednesday 28.09.2011 AT 19:00
Tuesday 27.09.2011 AT 21:00
Forever the Moment
(Uri saengae choego-ui sungan, 2007.)
Directed by: Soonrye Yim
PHOTOGRAPHY: Ki-seok Hwang, Alekos Yiannaros
Synopsis:
Partly based on a true story, the film tells the story of the Korean female handball team training for the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004 (in real life, the team won the Silver medal). Suddenly the team’s coach resigns and a former player, now a coach in Japan, Kim Hye-kyeong, replaces him. She invites her former team members into this undisciplined group.
color, digital, 124 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 29.09.2011 AT 19:00
Wednesday 28.09.2011 AT 21:00
Scandal Makers
(Kwasok scandle, 2008.)
Directed by: Hyeong-cheol Kang
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jun-young Kim
Synopsis:
The film’s hero, Nam Hyeon-soo, is a radio DJ in his thirties who hosts a popular afternoon show. In his private life he is single man enjoying his freedom, so he is quite surprised when one day a young woman knocks on his door and claims to be his daughter. To make the situation even more shocking, she has a baby with her, so Nam suddenly becomes a father and a grandfather all in the same day!
color, digital, 108 min
PROJECTION:
Friday 30.09.2011 AT 19:00
Thursday 29.09.2011 AT 21:00
A Barefoot Dream
(Maen-bal-eui Ggoom, 2010.)
Directed by: Tae-gyun Kim
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jeong Han-cheol
Synopsis:
The life of a former Korean national team’s soccer player did not turn out the way he hoped it would. He moves to East Timor to coach a junior soccer team only to find the kids running around barefoot. Instead of coaching, he opens a sneaker shop and hopes to earn some money. Since everybody is broke, his business fails. Exhausted and miserable, he decides to coach the kids for free and prepare them for the international championship junior soccer games in Japan.
color, digital, 121 min
PROJECTION:
Saturday 01.10.2011 AT 19:00
Friday 30.09.2011 AT 21:00
Mother
(Madeo, 2009.)
Directed by: Joon-ho Bong
PHOTOGRAPHY: Kyung-Pyo Hong
Synopsis:
An older widow lives with her son, mentally handicapped and shy Do-joon. She survives by selling herbs and healing people with acupuncture. One day the police find a woman’s body and arrest Do-joon without substantial evidence. Realizing that she will get no help from institutions, the mother sets off on a quest for the real killer in order to save her innocent son…
color, 128 min
PROJECTION:
Sunday 02.10.2011 AT 19:00
Saturday 01.10.2011 AT 21:00
Lady Vengeance
(Chinjeolhan geumjassi, Južna Koreja, 2005)
Directed by: Chan-wook Park
PHOTOGRAPHY: Chung-hoon Chung
Synopsis:
After having spent thirteen years in prison for a crime she did not commit, Geum-ja Lee is free again. At the age of nineteen she was convicted of kidnapping and murdering a boy, but her sentence was reduced on account of good behavior. Her only goal now is to find her daughter and take her revenge on the people who are to blame for her ill fate. With the help of her former cellmates, she sets off on a journey of revenge, and at the same time finds out that her daughter was adopted by an Austral...