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World Premiere Pruning the Grapevine

Korean Cinema Today

  • CountryKorea
  • Production Year2006
  • Running Time115min
  • Format35mm
  • ColorCOLOR
Program Note
Upon receiving news of his mother`s illness, Soo-hyeon, a student at the Catholic Theological Seminary, rushes home. After a night there, he spends the next day visiting his ex-girlfriend, Su-a. Su-a is shocked by his visit and Soo-hyeon feels deeply guilty. He decides to drop out of the seminary but is persuaded by the head priest to go to a monastery. One day, Su-hyeon, who is slowly adjusting to his life in the monastery, runs into Helena, a nun-in-training at the cathedral, who bears a striking resemblance to Su-a. He faces a personal crisis of faith Unlike his two previous works, which portrayed the folk narratives in a small village in central Asia, Min Boung-hun, in his third work, examines the interior psyches of Korean teenagers. Even though a seminary student is his main character, [Pruning the Grapevine] doesn`t directly address the issue of religion. Rather, through minimal facial expressions and subtle gestures, he draws ? with reticence and dignity ? the struggles of a young soul caught between God and his own desires. In the quiet and sparse [Pruning the Grapevine], the main character`s craving for eternity is conveyed more powerfully through the empty and spiritless plains than it could through any language. (Huh Moon-yung)
Director
Director
Boung-hun MIN
Born in 1969, Min Boung-Hun received a BA and MFA from VGIK. He directed several short films including <b>Person</b>(1995) and <b>Portrait</b>(1996) before he made his feature debut with <b>Bee Fly</b>(1998), which he co-directed with Jamshed Usmanow. <b>Bee Fly</b> won numerous awards at film festivals including the Thessaloniki. <b>Let ' s Not Cry!</b> is Min Boung-Hun ' s second feature film.
Credit
  • Director
    Boung-hun MIN
  • ProducerSeo Jong Hwan
  • CastSEO Jang-won
    KEE Joo-bong
    LEE Min-jung
  • ScreenplayMIN Boung-hun
    RYU Dong-shik
  • CinematographyKIM Hyung-ju
  • Production DesignKIM Hee-jae
  • EditorMIN Boung-hun
    PARK Hyun-chul
  • MusicSONG Hyun-ju
  • Production CompanyEnergyment
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