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The Way Home...

Korean Panorama

Aging · Children · Family  

  • CountryKorea
  • Production Year2002
  • Running Time87min
  • Format 35mm
Program Note
A young city boy is sent to live with his 70-ish grandmother who lives deep in the mountains. Bored and disgusted of his mute grandmother and her unsanitary rural surroundings, he either treats the elderly woman with contempt or totally ignores her. But as time passes, a bond slowly develops between them. The film is poised on the opposites of country-city and older-younger, conflicts resolved through reconciliation and solidarity. The delicate arrangement of episodes and the amateur actors’ rather awkward performances gives a harmonious balance to the film. This film stormed the Korean box office early this year despite of its humble content matter, which was been considered unbankable by the mainstream film industry.
Director
LEE Jeong-hyang
Lee Jeong-hyang graduated from Sogang University, majoring in French literature. Her feature debut, Art Museum by the Zoo(1998), was appraised for its new vision of women’s cinema. Her second film, The Way Home, which was based on her own experience, became a huge box-office hit, and brought her solid recognition from domestic and international film festivals. Reason to Live is her their feature.
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Credit
  • Director LEE Jeong-hyang 이정향
  • Producer Hwang Woo-hyun 황우현
  • Cast Yoo Seung-ho 유승호, Kim Eul-boon 김을분
  • Screenplay Lee Jeong-hyang 이정향
  • Cinematography Yoon Hong-shik 윤홍식
  • Production Design Shin Jum-hee 신점희
  • Editor Kim Sang-bum 김상범, Kim Jae-bum 김재범
  • Music Kim Dae-hong 김대홍, Kim Yang-hee 김양희
  • Production Company Tube Pictures
    3rd Fl, Shinwoo-Bldg, 656 Shinsa-dong,Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea 135-120
    jiwan@tube-pictures.co.kr

  • World Sales CJ Entertainment
    11th Fl, Cheiljedang Bldg. 500 Namdaemun-no, Jung-gu, Seoul 100-095, Korea
    karen@cj.net