Echelon Studios has acquired North American rights to South Korea comedy “Maggie” which premiered at Busan International Film Festival. In “Maggie”, after a radiologist is snapped having sex in the X-ray room, the image swiftly circulates in the hospital. A nurse (Lee Ju-Yeong) fears that she might be one of the randy skeletons depicted. Together with her boss (Moon So-Ri), two woman embarks on a mission to determine whether human beings are ever really worth believing.
Up-and-coming director Yi Okseop previously directed short “Girls on Top” in 2017. “Maggie” is her debut feature. The film premiered at 2018 Busan International Film Festival and won four awards – Actress of the Year, Citizen Critics’ Award, Kbs Independent Film Award, and Cgv Art House Award. Later on, “Maggie” has been invited to several major film festivals including 2019 International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr), 2019 São Paulo International Film Festival, 2019 BFI London Film Festival, 2019 Munich Film Festival, 2019 Taipei Film Festival,...
Up-and-coming director Yi Okseop previously directed short “Girls on Top” in 2017. “Maggie” is her debut feature. The film premiered at 2018 Busan International Film Festival and won four awards – Actress of the Year, Citizen Critics’ Award, Kbs Independent Film Award, and Cgv Art House Award. Later on, “Maggie” has been invited to several major film festivals including 2019 International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr), 2019 São Paulo International Film Festival, 2019 BFI London Film Festival, 2019 Munich Film Festival, 2019 Taipei Film Festival,...
- 5/26/2020
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
Following on from 2016’s A Quiet Dream, director Zhang Lu returns with another playfully enigmatic look at two meandering lives in Ode to the Goose.
The film opens with aspiring poet Yun-young traveling to the port town of Gunsan with companion Song-hyun. After being pointed in the direction of a hotel that is said to be selective of guests, the two are admitted entry and their journey bifurcates with Yun-young being drawn to the hotel owner’s shut-in daughter, while Song-hyun strikes up a friendship with the owner himself. Within this scenario, Zhang-lu weaves a rich tapestry of narrative threads that reflect on both his character’s present attitudes and their displaced pasts.
Zhang Lu’s smart, lyrical features have long made him a favourite of the international film festival scene, with past successes including Grain in Ear (2005), Dooman River (2010) and Gyeongju (2014). His latest recalls the work of Korea’s other great auteur,...
The film opens with aspiring poet Yun-young traveling to the port town of Gunsan with companion Song-hyun. After being pointed in the direction of a hotel that is said to be selective of guests, the two are admitted entry and their journey bifurcates with Yun-young being drawn to the hotel owner’s shut-in daughter, while Song-hyun strikes up a friendship with the owner himself. Within this scenario, Zhang-lu weaves a rich tapestry of narrative threads that reflect on both his character’s present attitudes and their displaced pasts.
Zhang Lu’s smart, lyrical features have long made him a favourite of the international film festival scene, with past successes including Grain in Ear (2005), Dooman River (2010) and Gyeongju (2014). His latest recalls the work of Korea’s other great auteur,...
- 8/2/2019
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
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