Cleveland Invites 3 Korean Pearls
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The 33rd Cleveland International Film Festival gets underway this month and its Asian sidebar Pacific Pearls will present award-winning fare from South Korea. Na Hong-jin's "The Chaser" and Kim So-yong's "Treeless Mountain" will screen in this section while Hong Sang-soo's "Night and Day" will screen in the Continental Airlines World Tour program.
The festival, which takes place in Cleveland, Ohio, opens March 19 and runs through to the 29th. Korean-American director KIM's sophomore effort, "Treeless Mountain" is her first shot entirely in Korea and tells the tale of two young sisters shuffled off from mother to aunt to grandparents. It has won numerous prizes including best film at the Dubai Int'l Film Festival.
NA's multiple award-winner "The Chaser" is the tale of an ex-cop-turned-pimp hunting down an elusive serial killer (played by Ha Jung-woo). It was the first sleeper hit at the 2008 Korean box office and has had its remake rights bought up by Hollywood.
HONG's "Night and Day" is the internationally acclaimed auteur's eighth feature film and set mainly in Paris. It tells the tale of a 40 year-old artist who flees Seoul for Paris after a minor complication with the police. Although happily married and missing his wife, he never-the-less encounters a series of temptations during his sojourn.
Nigel D'Sa (KOFIC)
The festival, which takes place in Cleveland, Ohio, opens March 19 and runs through to the 29th. Korean-American director KIM's sophomore effort, "Treeless Mountain" is her first shot entirely in Korea and tells the tale of two young sisters shuffled off from mother to aunt to grandparents. It has won numerous prizes including best film at the Dubai Int'l Film Festival.
NA's multiple award-winner "The Chaser" is the tale of an ex-cop-turned-pimp hunting down an elusive serial killer (played by Ha Jung-woo). It was the first sleeper hit at the 2008 Korean box office and has had its remake rights bought up by Hollywood.
HONG's "Night and Day" is the internationally acclaimed auteur's eighth feature film and set mainly in Paris. It tells the tale of a 40 year-old artist who flees Seoul for Paris after a minor complication with the police. Although happily married and missing his wife, he never-the-less encounters a series of temptations during his sojourn.
Nigel D'Sa (KOFIC)
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