Cinema
Three Friends
세 친구
Yim Soon-rye · 1996
Synopsis
Just out of high school, three friends hang around between a noodle shop and the neighbourhood video rental store. Kim Tae-moo, nicknamed Sans-Parti, dreams of drawing comics and struggles to get published; Cho Se-in, the Delicate One, would like to be a hairdresser, against the wishes of a father who drinks, and he is bullied because people say he is gay; Kong Seung-ho, heavy and shy, spends his days eating and watching tapes. Their routine ends when their military service call-up orders arrive.
Context
Written by the director with Park Kyung-hee, this first feature film was released in Korea on 2 November 1996, according to AsianWiki, running ninety-two minutes. Hyun Sung, Jung Hee-suk and Lee Jang-won play the three roles. It has been seen as the portrait of three young men who struggle to find their place, and is credited with the prize of the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema at the Busan festival, in a session whose date remains uncertain.
Who it is for
A film of an hour and a half, a bittersweet chronicle of a suburban youth, in Korean with subtitles.
Prizes and reception
First feature film by a woman director whom the London Korean Film Festival counts among the most celebrated Korean women directors.
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