A heartwarming love story, a musical, a sports movie on a group of athletes, a mystery drama and an entertaining story of five fathers make this year’s Korean Film Festival run from December 5 to 9 at the National Film Corporation theatre.
A variety in subject matters, the festival with films under the genre of human feeling, romance, comedy and horror is jointly organized by Embassy of the Republic of Korea and the National Film Corporation (NFC). Screened at 7 pm daily, the selected movies represent the trend of rich modern Korean cinema.
The festival will kick off on December 5 with the human drama ‘Highway Star’, a movie which revolves around a singer whose destiny takes an unexpected detour on December 5.
Dal-ho’s only dream is to become a famous rock singer. To make a living in a small town, his rock band is forced to play enka (country music) in clubs instead of rock’n roll. One day, opportunity knocks and he gets a chance to make a debut album. It is only after he signs the contract that he realizes he has to sing enka, not rock music. On his first stage debut, Dal-ho hides his face behind a mask out of shame. However, his voice rocks the nation and people’s curiosity doubles at the popularity of the new star.
‘Christmas in August’ a romantic tale around Jung-Won who runs a small shabby photo studio somewhere in Seoul and his regular customer, Darim who works at the Traffic Control Division of the local district office will be screened on December 5. Her daily visits to develop snapshots of parking violations and her somewhat bold attempts to capture his attention stirs a feeling inside Jung-Won with which he deals in anticipation.
Comedy ‘Lifting King Kong’ directed by Park Gun-yong revolves around an unprecedented incident took place during the 81st National sports festival in 2000.
Inspired by a true story, the zero-to-hero coming-of-age sports flick stars Lee Bum Soo as a half-hearted weight lifting coach who becomes an important mentor to a group of growing teenage girls striving to stay on their feet in an unpopular sport. This is the first feature from director Park Geon Yong.
‘Memento Mori’, a horror movie set in a high school where a girl named
Min-Ah finds a strange diary which is capable of arousing hallucinations, kept by two of her senior fellow-students, Hyo-Shin and Shi-Eun, who seem to have an unusually close bond. But Hyo-Shin suddenly kills herself, for no obvious reason, and the entire school is shocked and depressed. Min-Ah, however, starts to feel different as if she’s somehow possessed by the dead girl... The film will be screened on December 8.
‘The Happy Life’ directed by Lee Joon-ik is one of the top 10 grossing films in South Korea in 2007 will be screened on December 9.
The story is about Sang-woo, the leader of the college rock band Active Volcano, who but inspires Gi-yeong to set up a reunion with the other members of the group. Former bass player Seong-wook lives a hand-to-mouth existence working two jobs. Drummer Hyeok-su is a single father struggling to make a living as a car salesman.
The jobless lead guitarist Gi-yeong dreams of taking over active Volcano as the new frontman. When he suggests the takeover and reform the band the old friends reminisce at the funeral and they all spurn the idea. But Gi-yeong persists and gets each to relent, setting the stage for a rock and roll reunion. |
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