A Korean in Paris

A Korean in Paris is a film directed by Jeon Soo-il.

A Korean in Paris
Film poster
Directed bySoo-il Jeon
Written byAgnès Feuvre
Soo-il Jeon
Production
company
Dong Nyuk Film
Neon Productions
Distributed byNeon Productions
Release date
  • October 4, 2015 (2015-10-04) (Busan)[1][2]
CountryFrance
South Korea
LanguageKorean

Plot

Korean newlyweds are on their honeymoon in Paris. Strolling in the Pigalle area, the young bride sees in a red dress in a store window and she enters the shop. Her husband goes to buy cigarettes while he waits for her. When the man comes back his wife has disappeared. Not speaking a word of French he desperately searches for her. A search that will turn into a free fall into a world ruled by illegality, prostitution, drugs, a universe with its own codes and punishments.[3]

Cast

Release and reception

The film premiered at the 20th Busan International Film Festival in October 2015.[4] The film had its North American premiere in January 2016 at the Palm Springs Film Festival.[5]

Variety magazine described the film as “a steadily absorbing portrait of a man trawling the ugly lower depths of one of the world’s most beautiful cities.”[6]

References
  1. https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10061331
  2. "Busan Film Review: 'A Korean in Paris'". 6 October 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  3. "A Korean in Paris". Neon Productions.
  4. KIM Su-yeon (December 18, 2014). "A Korean Film Fully Shot in France". Korean Film News.
  5. "Palm Springs International Film Fest Announces Premieres". Indiewire. Archived from the original on 2015-12-17. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  6. Chang, Justin (October 5, 2015). "Busan Film Review: 'A Korean in Paris'". Variety.
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