Secret Sunshine (2007) Milyang (original title)

Director:

Chang-dong Lee

Writers:

Chang-dong Lee
Chong-jun Yi (novel)

Release Date:

22 December 2010 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Sin-ae moves with her son Jun to Miryang, the town where her dead husband was born. As she tries to come to herself and set out on new foundations, another tragic event overturns her life. |

Plot Keywords:

Piano Teacher | Crying | Suicide Attempt | Widow | Loss

Awards:

10 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Do-yeon Jeon	...	Shin-ae
Kang-ho Song	...	Jong Chan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yeong-jin Jo
Mi-kyung Kim
Yeong-jae Kim
Seo-hie Ko
Myeong-shin Park
Jung-yeop Seon	...	Jun

Directed by
Chang-dong Lee

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Chang-dong Lee
Chong-jun Yi		novel

Produced by
Lee Hanna	....	producer
In Soo Kim	....	executive producer
Chang-dong Lee	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Christian Basso

Cinematography by
Yong-kyou Cho

Film Editing by
Hyun Kim

Production Design by
Jum-hee Shin

Sound Department
Steve R. Seo	....	sound

Music Department
Pablo Chinen	....	music engineer
Santiago Zambonini	....	music coordinator

Production Companies

• CJ Entertainment
• Cinema Service
• Pine House Film

Distributors

• Filmmuseum Distributie (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• IFC Films (2010) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Cathay-Keris Films (2008) (Singapore) (all media)
• Cinema Service (2007) (South Korea) (all media)
• Criterion Collection, The (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• Criterion Collection, The (2011) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray Disc)
• Lumière Home Entertainment (2009) (Belgium) (DVD)
• Lumière Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Maywin Media (2008) (Russia) (all media)
• Rapid Eye Movies (2008) (Germany) (all media)
• Versus Entertainment (2008) (Spain) (all media)

Other Companies

• HFR  dailies
• HFR  digital intermediate

Also Known As:

"Milyang" - South Korea (original title)

Runtime:

Argentina:142 min | South Korea:142 min | USA:142 min

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:13 | Netherlands:AL | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | France:U | Australia:M | USA:Not Rated

Company:

CJ Entertainment

Trivia:

South Korea's Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008).

Movie Connections:

References "Tiny Toon Adventures" (1990)

very good and even better acting

I've waited to see this movie for a long time and at last I could manage to see it in Istanbul Film Festival. Maybe because I expected too much from this film and that's why i was slightly disappointed. I was not the best movie from Korea but still it is really worth watching.

The subject was nice and the film makes you keep watching without getting bored though it is long. But there are gaps in the movie and you jump from one point to another. However, the acting of Jeon Do-Yeon is incredibly beautiful. It was was one of the best performances in the early cinema history and I think this movie wouldn't be that nice if she was not in the leading role.