Twenty Five Years Later, PEPPERMINT CANDY Remains Sol Kyung-gu’s Proudest Work | From Studio 9 скачать в хорошем качестве

Twenty Five Years Later, PEPPERMINT CANDY Remains Sol Kyung-gu’s Proudest Work | From Studio 9

This end-of-the-millenium opus by writer-director Lee Chang-dong (Secret Sunshine, Burning) traverses 20 years (1979–1999) of defining events in Korean history through the story of Kim Yong-ho (Sol Kyung-gu), a middle-aged everyman seen rushing in despair towards a train as the film opens. A series of episodic flashbacks in reverse chronology trace how Yong-ho was shaped by, and sometimes actively complicit in, socio-political forces — the authoritarian period, the Democratization protests, and the IMF crisis of the late ’90s — as well as personal failures that hurt others and slowly unravelled his sense of self. A film that seamlessly blends social realism, melodrama, and Lee’s singular ability to depict human complexity, Peppermint Candy was produced during a pivotal transitional period for the South Korean film industry and helped to define New Korean Cinema as a distinct cinematic movement, making it essential viewing. For more about the Toronto International Film Festival and our year-round programming TIFF Lightbox, visit http://tiff.net. Subscribe to watch more TIFF Originals:    / tiff   Want more TIFF? Find us here:   / tiff_net     / tiff_net     / tiff_net     / tiff_net     / tiffnet