Directed by Dae-seung Kim, The Concubine is a South Korean period drama that shows us how rigid the Royal Court was in that country, or how it’s imagined, of course. The Court was as strict, brutal, and corrupt as any other in history, give or take a few murders. The film stars Yeo-Jeong Cho as Hwa-Yeon (she’s listed as Yeo-Jeong Jo here), a woman forced into various circumstances by the men around her. (When are women not?) Specifically, the story takes place during the Joseon Dynasty, a Korean kingdom that lasted for approximately five centuries. We first meet Hwa-Yeon, the daughter of a noble family, with Kwon Yoo...
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- 11/17/2021
- Screen Anarchy
SEOUL -- When the projectors roll Thursday night with Kim Dae-seong's Traces of Love, the 11th annual Pusan International Film Festival will begin its second decade with more ambitions, events and spectacle than ever. Each autumn, nearly 200,000 people flock to the southern port city for 10 days of movies, parties and film business fun, in what has grown into the largest film festival in Asia. And more than ever, PIFF's center is shifting from its original home in the downtown Pusan center of Nampo-dong (a charming if slightly dowdy region of the city), to the sparkling, fresh Haeundae Beach neighborhood to the east. From the beginning, organizers have envisioned PIFF as an event to enhance the Korean and Asian movie industries. And with the Asian Film Market kicking off this year, PIFF's development into a "total film market" will take yet another major step forward.
- 10/9/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
SEOUL, South Korea -- The Pusan International Film Festival announced its full lineup Tuesday, bringing 245 movies from around the world and more special programs than ever. Opening the 11th edition of Asia's biggest film festival will be the world premiere of Kim Dae-sung's Traces of Love, the story of a man retracing the travel diary of his former girlfriend 10 years after her death. Closing will be the Chinese hit Crazy Stone, directed by Hao Ning. For this year's festival, which runs Oct. 12-20, programrs said they are scaling back the number of selections in order to concentrate on quality. Last year's edition featured 307 films.
- 9/12/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
SEOUL, South Korea -- The Pusan International Film Festival announced its full lineup Tuesday, bringing 245 movies from around the world and more special programs than ever. Opening the 11th edition of Asia's biggest film festival will be the world premiere of Kim Dae-sung's Traces of Love, the story of a man retracing the travel diary of his former girlfriend 10 years after her death. Closing will be the Chinese hit Crazy Stone, directed by Hao Ning. For this year's festival, which runs Oct. 12-20, programrs said they are scaling back the number of selections in order to concentrate on quality. Last year's edition featured 307 films.
- 9/12/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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