Secret Sunshine

Milyang, feature film, 2007.

DIRECTED BY: Chang-dong Lee

Secret Sunshine

CAST:
Do-yeon Jeon (Shin-ae),
Kang-ho Song (Jong Chan),
Jung-yeop Seon (Jun),
Yeong-jin Jo Mi-kyung Kim

SCRIPT:
Chang-dong Lee (prema romanu Chong-juna Yija)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Yong-kyou Cho

Synopsis:
Shortly after becoming a widow, young Shin-ae and her son move to her late husband’s hometown. She is determined to start her life again, but as she enters the city her car breaks down. A local mechanic Jong Chan helps her and they become friends. Before marriage she was a pianist and she opens a piano school. She seems to be recovering. But the local people don't seem to like her and an unexpected tragedy occurs...
This was the best film in 2008, and Chang-dong Lee was the best director (Asian Film Awards, Hong Kong).

35 mm, color, 142 min