TALE OF CINEMA
synopsis
In Seoul, the paths of two men and one woman intersect and move apart from one another, centering around their love for cinema. A suicidal student meets a young woman who decides to follow him in his fatal gesture. Coming out of a cinema, Tongsu, an unsuccessful filmmaker, spots a beautiful young woman, and recognizes her : she is the main actress in the film he has just seen. The life of this wavering and distressed young man strangely echoes the one of the young man from the beginning...
international title: | Tale of Cinema |
original title: | Geuk jang jeon |
country: | France, South Korea |
year: | 2005 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Hong Sang-Soo |
film run: | 89' |
release date: | FR 02/11/2005 |
screenplay: | Hong Sang-Soo |
cast: | Kim Myeong-Su, Kim Sang-Kyung, Kye Seong-Yong, Lee Ki-Woo, Uhm Ji-Won |
cinematography by: | Kim Hyungkoo |
film editing: | Ham Sungwon |
music: | Jeong Yonjin |
producer: | Choi Yong-Bae, Kim Lewis, Marin Karmitz |
production: | mk2 films, ARTE France Cinéma, Jeonwonsa, Happinet Pictures |
backing: | Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) |
distributor: | MK2 Distribution |