Beautiful (2008 film)
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| Hangul | 아름답다 |
| RR | Areumdapta |
| MR | Arŭmdapta |
| Directed by | Juhn Jai-hong |
| Produced by | Kim Ki-duk Jo Seong-gyu |
| Written by | Juhn Jai-hong (screenplay) Kim Ki-duk (original story) |
| Starring | Cha Soo-yeon Lee Chun-hee |
| Music by | No Hyeong-u |
| Cinematography | Kim Gi-tae |
| Editing by | Juhn Jai-hong |
| Distributed by | Sponge Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | 14 February 2008 |
| Running time | 88 min. |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Admissions | 1,478 |
| Gross revenue | $9,840 |
Beautiful (Hangul: 아름답다; RR: Areumdapta) is a 2008 South Korean film, and the debut feature of director Juhn Jai-hong. The film is based on an original story by Kim Ki-duk.[1]
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[edit] Plot
Eun-yeong is a young woman who finds her beauty to be a curse, drawing unwanted attention from all kinds of men and making other women jealous. Nevertheless, she leads a relatively content life until she is raped by one of her stalkers, Seong-min, who then blames Eun-yeong for the incident, saying, "I did it because you're so beautiful". Traumatised by her attack, Eun-yeong tries to destroy her beauty, first by attempting to become obese, and when that fails by making herself unattractively thin. When her beauty does start to fade, she becomes alarmed and tries to regain it by wearing gaudy make up and revealing clothes, her behaviour increasingly destructive and unstable. A policeman, Eun-cheol, watches her downfall with pity and sympathy, but eventually he too submits to his lustful desires.
[edit] Cast
- Cha Soo-yeon ... Eun-yeong
- Lee Chun-hee ... Eun-cheol
- Choi Myeong-su ... Detective Kim
- Kim Min-soo ... Seong-min
- Lee Min ... Mi-yeon
- Bae Yong-geun ... Beauty salon boss
- Kim Seon-bin ... Working man
- Jo Seok-hyeon ... Lavatory man
- Lee Chang-min ... Police station man
[edit] Release
Beautiful premiered in the Panorama section of the 58th Berlin International Film Festival,[1][2] and was given a limited theatrical release in South Korea on 14 February 2008, where it was screened in just five Seoul theatres.[3] As of 31 March it had received a total of 1,478 admissions,[4] and as of 13 April grossed $9,840.[5]
[edit] Awards
Beautiful won the Grand Prix at the 2008 Fukuoka Asian Film Festival.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Lee Hyo-won. "`Beautiful’ Shows Ugly Side of Beauty". The Korea Times, 14 February 2008. Retrieved on 6 December 2008.
- ^ a b Paquet, Darcy. ""Beautiful" wins top prize at Fukuoka". HanCinema, 17 July 2008; originally published by the Korean Film Council. Retrieved on 6 December 2008.
- ^ Yang Sung-jin. "Arthouse films warm cold season". HanCinema, 13 February 2008; originally published by The Korea Herald. Retrieved on 6 December 2008.
- ^ "Box-Office Admission Results" (2008). Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved on 6 December 2008.
- ^ "South Korea Box Office April 11–13, 2008". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved on 6 December 2008.
[edit] External links
- Beautiful at the Internet Movie Database
- Official website (Korean)
- Beautiful at the Korean Movie Database
- Beautiful at HanCinema
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