Many South Korean stars will officially make their debut at Cannes this year as many Korean movies will be screened at the biggest film festival of the year.
There are several films that will be screened so let’s have a look at five South Korean films screening at the 76th Cannes International Film Festival:
1) Cobweb
Cobweb is a noir comedy about a film director, obsessed with re-shooting the end of his completed film Cobweb. He calls the cast and crew back to re-film, creating all kinds of chaos.
Not only must he deal with the actors, who don’t understand his new ending, but he must cope with interference from censors.
The movie depicts the sad and funny things that happen while filming under conditions. The movie stars Song Kang-ho, Im Soo-jung, Oh Jung-se, Jeon Yeo-been, and Krystal Jung.
2) Hopeless
Song Joong-ki starrer features a story about a 17-year-old youngster and the middle-level commander of a criminal gang are the subjects of the movie Hopeless, also known as Hwaran.
To survive and live better lives, they come together and battle. Although they are attempting to flee, they still have to face hell on earth.
In this noir film, Yun-kyu, played by actor Hong Sa-bin, seeks to flee from his daily hardships in the movie. Yun-kyu runs into the underboss of a criminal organisation, Chi-gun (Song Joong-ki), one day, and finds himself in perilous circumstances.
3) Sleep
Korean horror film ‘Sleep’ features Lee Sun-kyun and Jung Yu-mi as a newlywed couple. The husband, portrayed by Lee Sun-kyun, experiences severe cases of somnambulism (doing things while sleeping). Despite receiving treatment, his condition keeps on getting worse, making the wife worry about their newborn as well.
4) Project Silence
The story follows people struggling to survive a series of crashes that shut down an Incheon bridge clouded with thick fog.
As if that situation was not bad enough, things get much worse for the film’s protagonists when mutated military dogs escape their transport vehicle and start preying on humans. Project Silence was invited to the Midnight Screening section, an out-of-competition section.
Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda screened his new film Monster at the festival. Kore-eda directed the Korean film Broker, starring IU, Song Kang-ho, Bae Doona and Gang Dong-won, which was screened at last year’s Cannes Festival.
5) In Our Day
The Directors’ Fortnight is a separate section of the Cannes Film Festival that presents a lineup of international shorts, features, and documentaries.
In Our Day, created by Hong Sang-soo and involving Ki Ju-bong and Kim Min-hee, will be showcased in this category. It recounts the heartfelt tale of a middle-aged woman and an elderly man and how their routines overlap through the course of the film.
