Lee Chang Dong 이창동 Retrospective Singapore 2011




	Luna Films presents the LEE CHANG DONG RETROSPECTIVE - an opportunity to watch the films that have been the most talked-about in and out of Korea. Included in this retrospective is the director's latest film POETRY, which won at Cannes 2010. Meant for a general release in cinemas, POETRY's journey to get screen time in Singapore has been fraught with hurdles and rejections. This retrospective is the only chance to catch this critically acclaimed film on the big screen and a rare chance to watch the rest of the director's oeuvre as well.
LEE Chang-dong Author, Ex-Minister of Culture, and multi-award winning director Lee Chang-dong started out relatively late in the film world but became a top director with films like PEPPERMINT CANDY (1999), OASIS (2002), SECRET SUNSHINE (2007). SECRET SUNSHINE was shown in competition, Cannes Film Festival in 2007, and won its Actress Jeon Do-yeon (The HOUSEMAID) the Prix d'interpretation feminine du Festival de Cannes (Best Actress). In 2010, the director's latest film POETRY won the Best Screenplay Award at Cannes Film Festival 2010.
POETRY 시 (NC16)
(C)2010 Pinehouse Film		SCREENING
		20 Jul Wed - 7.30pm

		23 Jul Sat - 7.30pm

		24 Jul Sun - 7.30pm

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2010, 139 min, 35mm, Colour, Korean with English subtitles Directed by LEE Chang-Dong 이창동 Mija lives with her middle-schooler grandson in a small suburban city located along the Han River. She is a dandy old lady who likes to dress up in flower-decorated hats and fashionable outfits, but she is also an unpredictable character with an inquisitive mind. By chance she takes a 'poetry' class at a neighborhood cultural center and is challenged to write a poem for the first time in her life. Her quest for poetic inspiration begins with observing the everyday life she never intentional took notice of before to find beauty within it. And with this, Mija is delightfully surprised with newfound trepidation as if she were a little girl discovering things for the first time in her life. But when she is suddenly faced with a reality harsh beyond her imagination, she realizes perhaps life is not as beautiful as she had thought it is... * 2010 - Best Screenplay, Cannes Film Festival * 2010 - Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Korea Film Awards * 2011 - Best Director, Best Screenplay, Asian Film Awards



OASIS 오아시스 (R21)
(C)2002 East Film		SCREENING
		22 Jul Fri - 7.30pm

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2002, 132 min, 35mm, Colour, Korean with English subtitles Directed by LEE Chang-Dong 이창동 Jong-du, who has three previous convictions, pays a visit to the family of the victim in the hit-and run accident for which he served time and meets Gong-ju, the daughter, who has cerebral palsy. Jong-du is fascinated by her at first sight and visits her again when he knows she is alone. Trying to reassure and pacify the terrified young woman, he loses control and tries to rape her, stopping only when she faints. But he has left his workshop phone number in her room, and Gong-ju knows where to find him. To Jong-du's amazement, she calls him and invites him to visit her again. Over a series of clandestine meetings, the handicapped young woman and the feckless young man come to fall in love with each other. However their love is not one that is understood by anyone else. * 2003 - FIPRESCI Prize, Special Director's Award, Venice Film Festival * 2003 - Golden Lion (Nominated), Venice Film Festival * 2003 - Chief Dan George Humanitarian Award, Vancouver International Film Festival



PEPPERMINT CANDY 박하사탕 (M18)
(C)1999 East Film/ NHK		SCREENING
		23 Jul Sat - 1.00pm

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1999, 129 min, 35mm, Colour, Korean with English subtitles Directed by LEE Chang-Dong 이창동 The film spans 20 years in the life of one man, Yongho, from his callow teens to his fraught and self-hating middle age. Called up for military service in 1980, he has the misfortune to be part of the force sent to quell the popular uprising in Kwangju-which means he is involved in the Korean equivalent of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Emotionally and psychologically blighted, he joins the police after leaving the army and becomes an expert in torturing arrested leftists. He brutally rejects the childhood sweetheart who has come looking for him, bringing the peppermint candies because he used to love them. The film's seven chapters are presented in reverse-chronological order, so it begins with Yongho's middle-aged death wish and ends with his first date with the only person he ever really cares for... * 2000 - Netpac Award - Special Mention, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival * 2000 - Special Prize of the Jury, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival



SECRET SUNSHINE 밀양 (NC16)
(C)2007 Pinehouse Film		SCREENING
		21 Jul Thu - 7.30pm

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2007, 142 min, 35mm, Colour, Korean with English subtitles Directed by LEE Chang-Dong 이창동 Having recently lost her husband, piano teacher Shin Ae (Jeon Do Yeon) moves to her husband's hometown of Milyang. Still in a fragile state in grief, she takes solace in her friendship with rough-voiced, but kind-hearted local Jong Chan (Song Kang Ho). In love with Shin Ae, he follows her around and helps her settle into her new home. Life abandons Shin Ae once more though when her son is abducted and murdered. She then takes refuge in religion and, devoting herself to Christianity, slowly begins to heal. To find closure, she visits her child's murderer in prison to tell him she has forgiven him, but what he says in reply... * 2007 - Best Actress (won by Jeon Do-yeon), Cannes Film Festival * 2008 - Best Film, Best Director, Asian Film Awards



SCHEDULE
20th July Wednesday 7.30pm	POETRY 시 (NC16)
21st July Thursday 7.30pm	SECRET SUNSHINE 밀양 (NC16)
22nd July Friday 7.30pm	OASIS 오아시스 (R21)
23rd July Saturday 1.00pm	PEPPERMINT CANDY 박하사탕 (M18)
23rd July Saturday 7.30pm	POETRY 시 (NC16)
24th July Sunday 7.30pm	POETRY 시 (NC16)

LOCATION
Alliance Francaise de Singapour 1 Sarkies Road, Singapore 258130 Telephone : + (65) 6737 8422 Heavy construction is ongoing outside Alliance Francaise. Parking available at Prudential building before Sarkies Road. Please refer to map on the right. Bus Services: Bukit Timah Road & Dunearn Road Bus Nos: 48, 66, 67, 170, 171, 700, 700A, 960. MRT: Newton Station NS21 Exit A (look out for bright yellow signs after the exit)








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Lee Chang Dong 이창동 Retrospective Singapore 2011 | July 20-25 | Alliance Francaise Theatre