Lee Sun-gyun's posthumous work
At the Raindance film festival, the largest independent film festival in the United Kingdom, Yoo Jae-sun's film "Sleep" was voted the best debut film.
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On the 27th local time, the Raindance Film Festival announced that the film "Sleep" directed by Yoo Jae-sun was selected as the winner of the Discovery Award for Debut Feature.
The film festival commented: "The excellent acting skills of Lee Sun-kyun and Jung Yu-mi well render the tension and authenticity of the film. ”
In addition, they praised Yoo Jae-seon: "Through this film, the director throws out a new thinking about the importance of trust, and portrays the obsessive-compulsive concept and the collapse process of love between husband and wife as both gloomy and witty." ”
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The movie "Sleep" tells the story of her husband Hyun-so (played by Lee Sun-kyun), who suddenly becomes a stranger and moves unpredictably after falling asleep, and the happy newlywed life of his wife so-jin (played by Jung Yu-mi), who is thus uneasy, gradually turns into a terrifying event.
The film was invited by Critics' Weekly at the Cannes International Film Festival in May last year, and was subsequently invited by the 56th Hitces International Fantastic Film Festival and the 48th Toronto International Film Festival, which caused heated discussions internationally.
In addition, this work has won the Best Actress Award at the 44th Blue Dragon Film Awards, the New Director of the Year Award at the 22nd Directors Cut Awards, and the Film Screenplay Award at the 60th Baeksang Arts Awards.
On the 28th, director Yoo Jae-sun said in a telephone interview with Korean media, "I have been shooting short films since I have been shooting short films, I have been paying attention to major film festivals, and I feel very honored to hear the news of my award", expressing his gratitude to the film festival.
Subsequently, he expressed his expectation: "The film will be released in the UK in July this year. I hope to take this as an opportunity for more viewers to pay attention to "Sleep". ”
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Escape: The Silence Project
Starring Lee Sun-kyun and Ju Ji-hoon, and directed by Kim Tae-kun, "Escape: Silent Project" has released a 4DX poster! This film has been shortlisted for the "Midnight Screening" unit of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, and will be released in South Korea on July 12 this year!
The film tells the story of people trapped on the soon-to-be-collapsed airport bridge in a fog of confusion as they fight alone to escape an unforeseen threat.
Cao Zhengsao, Lee Sun-kyun, and Liu Jae-myung's movie "Happy Country" was released on August 14.
Directed by Choo Changmin, director of "The Yellow Sea, the Man Who Became King," "Happy Country" tells the story of a character caught up in an event that has caused a sensation in modern history, and a lawyer who goes all out to save him.
Cho Jung-seok plays the role of "Jung In-ho", a livelihood lawyer who does not seek justice and only has victory or defeat in his eyes, Lee Sun-gyun plays the role of "Park Tae-so", an upright soldier involved in the event that shakes the modern history of South Korea, and Yoo Jae-myung plays the role of "Jeon Sang-doo", another core figure in the incident.