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| Korean Films @ The 2009 Tribeca Film Festival |
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April 23-May 3, 2009 Join us as The Korea Society joins the The 2009 Tribeca Film Festival to present three films about Korea: My Dear Enemy, a deadpan relationship comedy, and two documentaries, Yodok Stories and The Last Mermaids.The trio of films will be screened on multiple evenings from Thursday, April 23, through Sunday, May 3, at the AMC Village VII in Greenwich Village and Tribeca Cinemas. Complete schedule and ticket purchase information are available through The Tribeca Film Festival.
My Dear Enemy (2008)
Lee Yoon-ki's (This Charming Girl)
deadpan comedy trails a pair of former lovers-he's a charismatic
romantic and she's a no-nonsense realist-who bump into each other one
year down the road. Hee-su (Jeon, Cannes Film Festival 2007 Best
Actress Award, Secret Sunshine) wants back a hunk of cash she lent him,
but perpetually penniless Byung-woon is unable to settle his debt.
Refusing to leave Hee-su in the lurch, he carts her around Seoul on a
day-long urban road trip to borrow small amounts from various
acquaintances. As both day and debt are whittled down, the pair fall
back into old patterns, rehash unsettled gripes, and slowly come to see
each other in a new light.
Tuesday, April 28 at 7:30 PM AMC Village VII
Yodok Stories (2008) Yodok: site of North Korea's most notorious political concentration camp and a word that registers barely a blip on the radar for most of the world. Few of its prisoners emerge alive to tell their story. Multiple award-winning director Andrzej Fidyk (North Korea: The Parade) finds a few such escapees living in exile in South Korea. Among them is Jung Sung-san, former director of some of North Korea's most ambitious propagandistic musical theater displays. In this uplifting and sobering doc, Fidyk convinces him to turn his talents toward a work revealing the true North Korea, using the traditional musical theater style. Playing on:
Thursday, April 23 at 7:30 PM AMC Village VII Buy tickets online at The Tribeca Film Festival
Generation after generation, the women of Jeju Island have survived by becoming Haenyo (women sea divers). Director Liz Chae spent months living with the chief of one of the last remaining Haenyo tribes. For 2,000 years, the Haenyos of Jeju have fought men, governments, and armies to protect their right to make a living from the sea. Now they want the tradition to stop. These are The Last Mermaids. Playing on:
Monday, April 27 at 6:45 PM AMC Village VII Buy tickets online at The Tribeca Film Festival
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