Bleak Night

Bleak Night
Bleak Night
	South Korean poster
Directed by	Yoon Sung-hyun
Written by	Yoon Sung-hyun
Produced by	Yoon Sung-hyun ; Kim Seung-june ; Park Ki-yong ; Jang Hyun-soo
Starring	Lee Je-hoon; Seo Jun-young; Park Jung-min; Jo Sung-ha
Cinematography	Byeon Bong-seon
Edited by	Yoon Sung-hyun
Music by	Park Min-joon
Production; company	KAFA Films
Distributed by	Filament Pictures; CJ Entertainment
Release dates	October 9, 2010 (BIFF); March 3, 2011 (South Korea);
Running time	116 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	US$143,437

Bleak Night (Korean: 파수꾼; RR: Pasuggun; lit. "The Lookout") is a 2010 South Korean coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Yoon Sung-hyun. The film is about a father's search for answers following his son's death, and the shifting dynamics at play among three high-school friends.^[2] A Korean Academy of Film Arts graduation project by Yoon Sung-hyun, it received rave reviews and won several Best New Actor awards for Lee Je-hoon, as well as Best New Director for Yoon at the Grand Bell Awards and Busan Film Critics Awards.^[3]^[4]

Plot

Still mystified by his son's death, the father (Jo Sung-ha) of high school student Ki-tae (Lee Je-hoon) tries to track down his two best friends, classmates Hee-joon (Park Jung-min) and Dong-yoon (Seo Jun-young), to try to find an explanation. Through Ki-tae's classmate Jae-ho, the father meets Hee-joon, who says he cannot help as he moved schools "weeks before what happened to Ki-tae." Afterwards, Hee-joon berates Jae-ho for giving his phone number to Ki-tae's father but Jae-ho tells him that Ki-tae "went crazy" after he moved away. Hee-joon manages to trace Dong-yoon and urges him to contact Ki-tae's father and provide some answers. In parallel, flashbacks to the time gradually reveal what really happened, starting with Ki-tae's needling and bullying of Hee-joon and the latter's response.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Cast

Lee Je-hoon as Ki-tae
Seo Jun-young as Dong-yoon
Park Jung-min as Baek Hee-joon ("Becky")
Jo Sung-ha as Ki-tae's father
Bae Jae-ki as Jae-ho
Lee Cho-hee as Se-jung, girlfriend of Dong-yoon

Awards

2010 15th Busan International Film Festival^[8]

New Currents Award

2011 35th Hong Kong International Film Festival^[9]

FIPRESCI Prize

2011 48th Grand Bell Awards

Best New Director: Yoon Sung-hyun
Best New Actor: Lee Je-hoon

2011 32nd Blue Dragon Film Awards

Best New Director: Yoon Sung-hyun
Best New Actor: Lee Je-hoon

2011 19th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards^[10]

Best New Actor (Film): Seo Jun-young

2012 3rd KOFRA Film Awards^[11]

Best New Actor: Lee Je-hoon

References

^ "Bleak Night (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
^ Beck, Una (3 March 2011). "PREVIEW: Film Bleak Night". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
^ Lee, Claire (18 October 2011). "Kim Ha-neul, Park Hae-il get top honors at Daejong Film Awards". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
^ Kim, Jessica (2 December 2011). "Late Autumn"to take best pic for Busan critics award". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
^ Elley, Derek (11 January 2011). "Bleak Night". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
^ Cho, Jae-eun (25 March 2011). "No easy answers in complex portrait of teen angst". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
^ Young, Neil (15 February 2011). "Bleak Night: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
^ Bourne, Christopher (31 August 2010). "The best films of the 2010 Pusan International Film Festival". Meniscus Magazine. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
^ "Winners of the 35th HKIFF competitions". Hong Kong International Film Festival. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
^ Hong, Lucia (16 December 2011). "So Ji-sub, Park Hae-il, Lee Tae-gon win top prize at culture and entertainment ceremony". 10Asia. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
^ "Film Industry Reporters Pick Crucible As 2011′s Best Film". Soompi. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 2014-05-13.

External links

Bleak Night at IMDb
Bleak Night at the Korean Movie Database
Bleak Night at HanCinema
Bleak Night at AllMovie
Bleak Night at Rotten Tomatoes

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[1] "Bleak Night (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2014-01-16.

[2] Beck, Una (3 March 2011). "PREVIEW: Film Bleak Night". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[3] Lee, Claire (18 October 2011). "Kim Ha-neul, Park Hae-il get top honors at Daejong Film Awards". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[4] Kim, Jessica (2 December 2011). "Late Autumn"to take best pic for Busan critics award". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[5] Elley, Derek (11 January 2011). "Bleak Night". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[6] Cho, Jae-eun (25 March 2011). "No easy answers in complex portrait of teen angst". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[7] Young, Neil (15 February 2011). "Bleak Night: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[8] Bourne, Christopher (31 August 2010). "The best films of the 2010 Pusan International Film Festival". Meniscus Magazine. Retrieved 2014-05-13.

[9] "Winners of the 35th HKIFF competitions". Hong Kong International Film Festival. Retrieved 2014-05-13.

[10] Hong, Lucia (16 December 2011). "So Ji-sub, Park Hae-il, Lee Tae-gon win top prize at culture and entertainment ceremony". 10Asia. Retrieved 2014-05-15.

[11] "Film Industry Reporters Pick Crucible As 2011′s Best Film". Soompi. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 2014-05-13.

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