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Abbi

Korean Cinema Today

Family · Crime/Violence · Social Criticism  

  • CountryKorea,South
  • Production Year2013
  • Running Time105min
  • Format DCP
  • ColorColor
Program Note
The man has one dream: to make his son into a prosecutor. Though he is working himself to the bone at a swanky restaurant, he feels that his son going to law school and becoming a prosecutor will make it all worth it in the end. That’s how he justifies it to himself as he hurts his son to realize that dream. In Korean society, it was a tremendous source of pride to have a son go to law school, pass the bar and become a prosecutor. At least it is for Abbi. The problem lies in what he must do to get there. The man in this film has no qualms about committing crimes for his son. When he finds out his son is dating a call girl, he makes horrible threats to break them up. The son does become a prosecutor, but then takes revenge by charging his father for his crimes. Abbi asks what must be done to a father with blood on his hands for what he believes is for his family. His sin is too great to be forgiven just because he is the father. Abbi portrays the son’s desperate struggle to overcome his father. (NAM Dong-chul)
Director
Director
Hyun-soo JANG
Having attended Korean Academy of Film Arts, he debuted in 1992 with Walking All the Way to Heaven. The acclaimed movie won many film festival awards, and his subsequent films, The Rules of the Game (1994) and Born to Kill (1996) only strengthened his foothold. He went on to create his style with Scent of a Man (1998), Ray Ban (2001), and Everybody Has Secrets (2004).
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Credit
  • Director Hyun-soo JANG 장현수
  • Producer Gwang-ho MOON
  • Cast CHO Sang-gu, HONG Kyung-in, PARK Se-jin, HWANG Kum-hee
  • Screenplay Ji-hong PARK
  • Cinematography Dong-guk LEE
  • Production Design Ji-hyun PARK
  • Editor Min-ho KYUNG
  • Sound Young-ho KIM
  • Music Hyeon-jeong SIM
  • Production Company UNG PICTURES
    Korea, South
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