Ahead of its opening tomorrow nationwide, the title has garnered resounding praise on the festival circuit for the startling mixture of drama, thriller, and dark comedy, and the exquisitely crafted mise-en-scène.
Directed by Kim Sang-chan who debuted with 2007’s comedy-drama Highway Star with Cha Tae-hyun (My Sassy Girl), the film features veteran character actor Lee Moon-sik, who is known for comedic roles in films such as Mapado (2005) and Miss Conspirator (2012). Lee shows off a new side of his acting range.
Plot
A karaoke in a rural town called “Karaoke Crazies” is run by Sung-wook (played by Lee Moon-sik). Business is slow and when Sung-wook posts karaoke singing along job to boost sales, a girl in early 20’s, Ha-suk comes along. She’s hopeless game addict and lack of talent but soon she starts to use a special tactic to lure customers in. Then Na-ju, a professional singing along...
Directed by Kim Sang-chan who debuted with 2007’s comedy-drama Highway Star with Cha Tae-hyun (My Sassy Girl), the film features veteran character actor Lee Moon-sik, who is known for comedic roles in films such as Mapado (2005) and Miss Conspirator (2012). Lee shows off a new side of his acting range.
Plot
A karaoke in a rural town called “Karaoke Crazies” is run by Sung-wook (played by Lee Moon-sik). Business is slow and when Sung-wook posts karaoke singing along job to boost sales, a girl in early 20’s, Ha-suk comes along. She’s hopeless game addict and lack of talent but soon she starts to use a special tactic to lure customers in. Then Na-ju, a professional singing along...
- 6/14/2017
- by Lady J.
- AsianMoviePulse
Na Hong Jin’s fantasy horror took the best film prize and audience award.
Asia’s largest genre film fest, the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan), wrapped its 20th edition today with Na Hong Jin’s The Wailing winning the top Best of Bucheon prize as well as the Audience Award.
In the midst of location scouting, Na recorded and sent a heartfelt and unintentionally humorous video that depicted him and his cameraperson dodging cars on the side of a road.
“The Wailing is a film that many people worked on for five, six years. I had so many doubts along the way, but kept to what I thought would be right, which is why I’m so happy to receive this great award from you. Thank you very much for telling me to keep going down the road I want to go. I will do so without wavering now,” he said about...
Asia’s largest genre film fest, the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan), wrapped its 20th edition today with Na Hong Jin’s The Wailing winning the top Best of Bucheon prize as well as the Audience Award.
In the midst of location scouting, Na recorded and sent a heartfelt and unintentionally humorous video that depicted him and his cameraperson dodging cars on the side of a road.
“The Wailing is a film that many people worked on for five, six years. I had so many doubts along the way, but kept to what I thought would be right, which is why I’m so happy to receive this great award from you. Thank you very much for telling me to keep going down the road I want to go. I will do so without wavering now,” he said about...
- 7/29/2016
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
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