[ K trendy NEWS = Yoon Sang-gil ] After the 'Cannes Film Festival' (hereinafter Cannes Film Festival), which is considered the world's best international film festival, won the 'Parasite''s 'Golden Palm Award' (Grand Prize) in 2019, it seems that love for Korean films has deepened. . They are constantly sending love calls and attacking love. Two Korean films were invited to the competition section of the '75th Cannes Film Festival' to be held in Cannes, France from May 17 to 25. This is a very unusual and radical choice.
Occasionally, some film directors in Chungmuro develop their own films as 'scheduled films for Cannes Film Festival', but this is just a wish. Cannes Film Festival does not qualify anyone or any film just because they want to participate. This is possible only through a rigorous selection process for rigorous screening by experts such as film festival programmers. In particular, the invitation to the competition section is as difficult as picking a star in the sky.
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Most of the countries were not invited to a single film festival that year. Korea has not been invited to the competition for many years. However, this year, not just one, but two were invited, so you can see how special the Cannes Film Festival's love for Korean films is, and how highly appreciated its status. This fact is a signal that shows that Korean films have been receiving a lot of attention internationally since 'Parasite', and that their level is the best in the world.
It is the first time in 5 years since two Korean films were invited to the competition section after Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Okja’ and Hong Sang-soo’s ‘After’ in 2017. It's been 3 years.
At the official press conference for the Cannes Film Festival held at the Champs-Elysees in Paris on April 14 (local time), Thierry Fremo, executive director of the executive committee, announced to the world media the invited films for Korean films in the competition category: Director Park Chan-wook's "Decision to Break Up" and Koreeda Hirokazu's " Broker' and so on. The two are directors representing the modern Korean and Japanese film worlds, respectively.
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Director Chan-wook Park's 'Decision to break up' is a work that foreign media predicted as an invitation to the competition before the official press conference at the Cannes Film Festival in Paris. Director Park Chan-wook has a deep connection with the Cannes Film Festival. He won the Jury Prize for 'Oldboy' (2004) and the Jury Prize for 'Bat' (2009), and was again named in the competition after 6 years after 'The Handmaiden' in 2016. Including this 'decision to break up', director Park Chan-wook has been invited to the Cannes Film Festival four times in the competition section, setting the record for the most invitations together with director Hong Sang-soo (four times).
'Determination to Break Up' is an authentic melodrama film starring Korean actor Park Hae-il and Chinese actor Tang Wei. A murder case takes place in the mountains, and the detective (Park Hae-il), who investigates the case, suspects the deceased's wife (Tang Wei) as the prime suspect. However, the two gradually get caught up in feelings that are out of control. Considering that director Park Chan-wook's films have always been bloody, hot love films, this work is also expected to show a new level of melodrama.
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Director Park Chan-wook said, "It's a happy spring for everyone who took part in the film," said director Park Chan-wook, who was invited to the competition section of the Cannes Film Festival. Park Hae-il also conveyed the joy of the invitation, saying, “As much as I have been waiting to see the movie in theaters with many audiences, I am excited to meet audiences from all over the world with this movie.” (quoted from a press interview)
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'Broker', invited along with 'Decision to break up', is a Korean film with a special meaning. Just the fact that it was directed by a Japanese director. Director Hirokazu Koreeda, who was invited to the Cannes Film Festival for directing Korean films, has already won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for the Japanese film 'A Family' in 2018. It is easy to understand if we assume that our director, Bong Joon-ho, was invited to the Cannes Film Festival to direct a Japanese film.
'The Broker', directed by Hirokazu Koreeda, is a Korean film produced by a Korean film production company, 'Film House,' and invested and distributed by CJ ENM. In addition, super-luxurious actors such as Song Kang-ho, the lead actor of 'Parasite', who won the Palme d'Or in 2019, and Bae Doona, the persona of director Hirokazu Kore-eda, Dong-won Kang, who heralds global activities, and IU (Lee Ji-eun), a singer-songwriter who is a K-pop star, will appear.
Executive Committee Chairman Thierry Fremo said, "The Japanese master director Koreeda Hirokazu, who won the Palme d'Or in 2018, has returned as an attractive Korean film 'The Broker' with Korean actor Song Kang-ho, who starred in the Palme d'Or in 2019." Foreign media reported that they did not hide their expectations.
In an interview with the press, director Hirokazu Koreeda said, “I am grateful for this work that transcends different languages and cultural differences and is highly appreciated. With this film, I was able to participate in the Cannes Film Festival for the first time in four years, and I took it as a good opportunity to think about the meaning of continuing to make and deliver films to the world during this chaotic time, not just the COVID-19 pandemic. I want to,” he said.
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Song Kang-ho, the lead actor of 'Broker' and participated as a judge at the Cannes Film Festival last year, replied, "It's always exciting and fun to be with the Cannes Film Festival." Actor Bae Doo-na, who has already visited the Cannes Film Festival four times, was delighted, saying, "It's a special film for me just to work again with director Kore-eda Hirokazu after 12 years following the 2009 Japanese movie 'Air Doll'."
The 'decision to break up' and the invitation to the competition section of 'broker' are also declarations of the 'globalization of the active stage' of Korean films. Above all, the fact that China's top star Tang Wei is the lead actor in 'Decision to Break Up' and Hirokazu Koreeda, a leading director of modern Japanese movies, took the megaphone in 'The Broker', the globalization of our films is concrete, and the international film industry is sure to recognize it. that has been obtained.
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This year's Cannes Film Festival is clearly showing affection for Korean films. The two directors representing Korea and Japan, who have been favored by the Cannes Film Festival, were invited to the competition section for Korean films as well as directed by Lee Jung-jae, an actor who has firmly established himself as a global star through the Netflix original series ‘Squid Game’. ' was invited to the non-competitive 'Midnight Screening' section.
In the meantime, Lee Jung-jae has been nominated for the Best Actor award several times at Hollywood awards ceremonies due to the tremendous worldwide box office of 'Squid Game'. At the invitation of the Cannes Film Festival, he is on the red carpet as a 'director' rather than an actor for the first time in his life. In the news of Cannes' invitation, he said, "With the passionate passion of the production team and the hard work of the actors who performed with all their might, today's result was achieved. Thank you so much for your interest and support. We expect a good response at the Cannes Film Festival.”
Jung-jae Lee's directorial debut, 'The Hunt,' is a spy thriller film about two NIS agents who suspect each other in the process of finding a spy within an organization. In addition to directing, Lee Jung-jae took on production, adaptation, and lead actor roles. Another agent in conflict with Lee Jung-jae is actor Jung Woo-sung. Jung-jae Lee and Woo-seong Jung are longtime friends and colleagues who have been active as top stars in the Korean film industry since the 1990s. They reunited with 'The Hunt' after 24 years since they appeared together in 'No Sun' directed by Kim Seong-soo in 1998. 'Midnight Screening', to which 'Hunt' was invited, is a non-competitive section that introduces genre films that combine creativity and popularity. In this sector, director Yeon Sang-ho's 'Train to Busan' (2016, 69th) has been invited to serve as a window to introduce Korean commercial films to audiences around the world.
Another noteworthy work was invited to this year's Cannes Film Festival's 'Remarkable Eyes' section, which is as good as a Korean film. , directed by Davy Chu, who has emerged as a newcomer in the Cambodian film industry, was invited to the Notable Eyes category. Like the French title of the film, 'ETOUR À SÉOUL', it is set in Korea and stars Korean actors Oh Gwang-rok, Park Ji-min, and Kim Seon-young. This work is also a location support work (KOFIC's Location Incentive 2021) of the Korean Film Council for 2021.
In May, when the global film industry got out of the corona pandemic and was busy, the interest in Korean films at the Cannes Film Festival increased, and the domestic film industry is looking forward to winning the Cannes award for Korean films following 'Parasite'. Foreign media is also pouring out analysis articles that this year's competition section is highly likely to be awarded as director Chan-wook Park, who has already won twice in the Cannes competition, and director Hirokazu Koreeda, winner of the Palme d'Or.
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