Muoi: The Legend of a Portrait

Mười: The Legend of a Portrait is a 2007 horror film starring Jo An, Cha Ye-ryun and Anh Thu. It became the first horror film in Vietnam, after the Fall of Saigon[3] and also, the first rated film in Vietnam.

Mười: The Legend of a Portrait
Hangul므이
Revised RomanizationMeu-i
McCune–ReischauerMui
Directed byKim Tae-kyeong
Written byZizak
StarringJo An
Cha Ye-ryun
Anh Thư
Music byRyu Hyeong-wook
CinematographyPark Jae-hong
Edited byKo Im-pyo
Distributed byCinema Service
CJ Entertainment (South Korea)
Phuoc Sang Films (Vietnam)
Release date
  • July 25, 2007 (2007-07-25) (South Korea)[1]
  • December 24, 2007 (2007-12-24) (Vietnam)
Running time
93 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
Vietnam
LanguageKorean
Vietnamese
Box officeUS$1,245,621[2]

Plot

Yun-hee, a South Korean writer, is under pressure by her editor to produce something of interest for her next book. She hasn’t had a book published in three years and is all too cognizant of this fact. Things look up when her old friend Seo-yeon calls from Vietnam. Seo-Yeon informs Yun-hee about a local Vietnamese folklore centered around a girl named “Mười” and her haunted portrait. It just so happens that in Yun-hee’s prior novel, she wrote a semi-autobiographical tale concerning her friends titled “Secrets & Lies”. In the book Seo-Yeon was portrayed in the most horrible manner, but Yun-hee is sure that Seo-Yeon hasn’t read the book as she has been living in Vietnam for years. Yun-hee eagerly flies to Vietnam to learn more about Muoi.

Vietnamese reaction

Muoi is considered the first horror film production to be made in Vietnam.[4] Despite high public expectation, the picture also received bad reactions.

Upon examination, it received a disapproval from Vietnamese Bureau of Cinema for "unsuitable contents,"[5] which led to a delay in Vietnamese release. Because of this, it became the second horror film to be released in Vietnam, while another in the genre, Ngoi nha ma am/Suoi oan hon (Haunted House/Ghosted Stream), came out in August.

Finally, Muoi was released on December 24, 2007 with the first rating in Vietnamese film history: an under-16 ban for disturbing violence and horror image. Though stuck with this restriction, Muoi also had to suffer from scene cuts requested by the bureau. These include Muoi's right leg breakage, a monk's body falling, and So-hee's death.[5]

Awards

At 2008's 7th Golden Kite Awards (the local equivalent of the Oscars), Phuoc Sang Films chose to send Muoi to the examining judge; afterwards, controversy arose because it was not considered a "real Vietnamese film"[6] (most of the film was shot by Koreans). However, the film still received accolades for Best Cinematography and Best Sounds.[7]

Cast
  • Jo An ... Yoon-hee
  • Cha Ye-ryun ... Seo-yeon
  • Anh Thu ... Muoi
  • Hong Anh ... Hong
  • Hong So-hee ... Eun-jung
  • Lim Seong-eon
  • Ly Nha Ky ... young girl

See also

References
  1. Korean Film List 2007, Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved on January 20, 2008.
  2. "Muoi". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 04, 2012.
  3. false information on the VN-news, the first vietnamese horror film in South Vietnam Con ma nha ho Hua (The Ghost of Family Hua). Oan hon (Spirits) in 2004 from Vietnamese Americans
  4. Tin Tuc Online - Vietnamnet Archived 2008-03-08 at the Wayback Machine
  5. LAODONG.COM.VN | Dưới 16 tuổi không được xem phim Mười - Duoi 16 tuoi khong duoc xem phim Muoi
  6. ": Tuoi Tre Online :". Archived from the original on 2009-02-10. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
  7. VnExpress - Phương Thanh giành giải Cánh diều vàng 2007 Archived 2008-03-19 at the Wayback Machine
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