For Hope, which could become a turning point for the survival of Korean cinema, Chungmuro masters such as Lee Chang-dong, Bong Joon-ho and Jang Jae-hyun have come together.
On the 9th, the film Hope (director Na Hong-jin, produced by Forged Films, co-produced by Plus M Entertainment·West World, distributed/provided by Plus M Entertainment) announced plans for a special relay GV. According to the plan, director Na Hong-jin, who directed the work, will hold special GVs in succession with directors Lee Chang-dong, Bong Joon-ho and Jang Jae-hyun to meet audiences.
First, on the 14th at Lotte Cinema World Tower in Seoul, a GV featuring director Na Hong-jin and director Lee Chang-dong will be held. At this GV, Na Hong-jin, who has built genre imagination and an overwhelming cinematic experience, and Lee Chang-dong, who has presented a body of work that deeply explores humans and society, will center their wide-ranging conversation about the film on Hope and present a meaningful time.
On the opening day, the 15th, a GV with director Na Hong-jin and director Bong Joon-ho will be held at Megabox COEX in Seoul. Through the meeting of two directors who have built unique bodies of work, audiences are expected to be able to view Hope from a broader perspective.
Then on the 16th at Megabox COEX in Seoul, a GV with director Na Hong-jin and director Jang Jae-hyun will be held. The two directors, who have expanded new horizons for Korean genre films, will provide an opportunity to experience the work more richly through in-depth discussions about Hope.
In addition, a GV hosted by critic Lee Dong-jin will be held. On the opening day, the 15th, under the moderation of critic Lee Dong-jin at Megabox COEX, director Na Hong-jin and the film's lead actors Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung and Jung Ho-yeon will be present. They are expected to share rich stories surrounding the film, from behind-the-scenes of filming to the process of building characters and various interpretations of the work.
Hope tells the story of Beom-seok (played by Hwang Jung-min), the head of the Hopo port branch office located in the Demilitarized Zone, who, after hearing from local youths that a tiger has appeared, faces an unbelievable reality as the entire village is put on alert. It is Na Hong-jin's new film, who received acclaim for The Chaser, The Yellow Sea and The Wailing, and it has been officially invited to compete at the Cannes Film Festival.
Above all, Hope is reported to have been made with a production budget of as much as 70 billion won. This has been reported as the largest production budget in the history of Korean film. As a result, talk has arisen that the success of Hope could become a turning point for the box office of the Korean film industry. With Chungmuro masters Lee Chang-dong, Bong Joon-ho and Jang Jae-hyun and popular critic Lee Dong-jin coming together for this, attention is focused on whether they can concentrate film fans' interest. <
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