Japonia/Korea
Dir. Zhang Lu
South Korea, Japan 2019, 85’
Subtitles: Polish & English
Je-moon and Hae-hyo were good friends in college but fell out after falling in love with the same girl, Soon-yi. Now 28 years later and approaching middle age, his memory of his college days starts to haunt him frequently. One day, a strange girl, So-dam, appears and urges him to look for Hae-hyo, who lives in Japan.
Awards and Festivals
Faro Island Film Festival 2021 – Best Original Screenplay
Screenings
Kino Kameralne Cafe on September 20 at 2.15 p.m. and on September 28 at 3 p.m.
Zhang Lu
Zhang Lu is a Korean who was born in China in 1962, where he gained fame as a novelist and short-story writer. He also taught Chinese Literature at Yanbian University. His first short film was the result of collaboration with a director friend. He has said ever since that he "divorced literature and married cinema." His films focus mainly on portrayals of Koreans living in China. As a highly regarded independent film director, he has been a guest at festivals all over the world.
Selected filmography
2003 Tang shi / Tang Poetry
2005 Ziarno w uchu / Mang zhong / Grain in Ear
2008 Iri
2010 Dooman River
2014 Gyeongju
2016 Cichy sen / Chun-mong / A Quiet Dream
2021 Yanagawa
Twórcy
Director: Zhang Lu
Screenplay: Zhang Lu
Cinematography: Park Jung-hoon
Editing: Lee Hak-min
Cast: Kwon Hae-hyo, Yoon Jea-moon, Park So-dam, Yamamoto Yuki
Producer: Zhang Lu, Oh Se-hyun, Wu Yanyan, Yang Jin
Production: Lu Films
Language: Korean, Japanese, Mandarin
Colouration: Colour
