''A Korean in Paris'' is a film directed by
Jeon Soo-il
Jeon Soo-il (born September 25, 1959) is a South Korean film director, film producer and screenwriter. After graduating from the Department of Theatre & Film of Kyungsung University in Busan, he studied Film Direction at Ecole Supérieure de ...
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Plot
Korean newlyweds are on their honeymoon in Paris. Strolling in the Pigalle area, the young bride sees in a red dress in a store window and she enters the shop. Her husband goes to buy cigarettes while he waits for her. When the man comes back his wife has disappeared. Not speaking a word of French he desperately searches for her. A search that will turn into a free fall into a world ruled by illegality, prostitution, drugs, a universe with its own codes and punishments.
Cast
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Cho Jae-hyun as Sang-ho
*Pang Ji-in as Yeon-Wha
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Mi Kwan Lock
Mi Kwan Lock is a French actress.
Biography
Lock was born in Mulhouse, France. She is of Chinese desecent and from the age of 10 grew up in Madagascar. She resides in Paris, France.
She plays the female lead in the 2015 film '' A Korean in Par ...
as Chang
Release and reception
The film premiered at the
20th Busan International Film Festival
The 20th Busan International Film Festival
The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, previously Pusan International Film Festival, PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan (''also'' Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most signifi ...
in October 2015. The film had its North American premiere in January 2016 at the Palm Springs Film Festival.
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Variety'' magazine described the film as “a steadily absorbing portrait of a man trawling the ugly lower depths of one of the world’s most beautiful cities.”
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Korean In Paris, A
2015 films
South Korean drama films
2010s South Korean films