Korean Cinema Retrospective: Lee Man-hee, the Poet of Night

• LEE Man-hee
• Korea
• 1971
• 95min

A breathtaking pursuit breaks out to get the Tibetan Buddhist statue inscribed with the list of names of the Resistance Army. After 2 years of seclusion, Lee made a graceful return...

Korean Cinema Retrospective: Lee Man-hee, the Poet of Night

• LEE Man-hee
• Korea
• 1964
• 104min

Dealing with the desire of advancing one′s social status within the plot of wicked revenge and the structure of horror, this film prides itself being closest to the mainstream. A d...

Korean Cinema Retrospective: Lee Man-hee, the Poet of Night

• LEE Man-hee
• Korea
• 1968
• 76 min

Huh-wook and Ji-yeon are a destitute couple who meets on every holiday, having nothing to do but spending time at an empty park, even without money for a cup of coffee. She informs...

Korean Cinema Retrospective: Lee Man-hee, the Poet of Night

• LEE Man-hee
• Korea
• 1963
• 110min

This particular film became such an issue when filming for its record-breaking budget and the enormous support it received from marines. As a touchstone for war film as a sublime s...

Korean Cinema Retrospective: Lee Man-hee, the Poet of Night

• LEE Man-hee
• Korea
• 1967
• 90min

Along with Late Autumn, Road to Return is one of the all-time triumphs in the history of Korean cinema. Ji-yoen has lived with her crippled husband for 14 years. Her only relief is...

Korean Cinema Retrospective: Lee Man-hee, the Poet of Night

• LEE Man-hee
• Korea
• 1966
• 121min

Followed by The Seven Female POWs, with which he was arrested for violating anti-communism act, he made a rather satirical return with this film of ′anti-communistic message where ...

Korean Cinema Retrospective: Lee Man-hee, the Poet of Night

• LEE Man-hee
• Korea
• 1967
• 97min

A man who happened to commit a murder takes a little trip to mountain with a prostitute hired by the gangs who try to kill him. The girl falls for him who is not tempted by her bod...

Korean Cinema Retrospective: Lee Man-hee, the Poet of Night

• LEE Man-hee
• Korea
• 1966
• 92min

In mid-1960s known as the period in which "literary cinema" became thriving, Lee who was in desperate search of new cinematic language became interested in cinematic re-interpretat...

World Cinema

• Ilya Khrzhanovsky
• Russia
• 2004
• 126min

The contradictory and seemingly hypocritical nature of human existence is explored in llia Khrzhanovsky′s controversial debut film. Two parallel tales unfold in two distinct sphere...

World Cinema

• François OZON
• France
• 2004
• 90min

The normal order of things is reversed in Francois Ozon′s latest, 5x2. Instead of beginning where most romances do, Ozon uses the device most recognizable from Harold Pinter′s Betr...