''A Quiet Dream'' () is a 2016 South Korean drama film written and directed by Korean-Chinese filmmaker
Zhang Lu and starring
Han Ye-ri
Han Ye-ri (born Kim Ye-ri on December 23, 1984) is a South Korean actress.
Career
Han built her filmography by starring in short films and indies. She drew notice in the sports drama '' As One'' (2012), for which she learned the Hamgyŏng diale ...
alongside several Korean directors playing her potential suitors, including
Park Jung-bum
Park Jung-bum (born 1976) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter and actor. Park wrote, directed, and acted in his directorial debut '' The Journals of Musan'' (2011), which won the New Currents Award and FIPRESCI Award at the 15th Busan ...
,
Yoon Jong-bin
Yoon Jong-bin (; born December 20, 1979) is a South Korean film director.
Career
Yoon Jong-bin's Chung-Ang University graduation thesis film was '' The Unforgiven'', which portrayed masculine codes in the Korean military with honesty and sensiti ...
and
Yang Ik-june
Yang Ik-june (born October 19, 1975) is a South Korean actor and film director. He is best known for the 2009 film '' Breathless'', which he wrote, directed, edited, and starred in.
Career
Born in Seoul in 1975, Yang graduated from the Departme ...
. It made its world premiere as the opening film of the
21st Busan International Film Festival
The 21st Busan International Film Festival was held from October 6 to October 15, 2016 at the Busan Cinema Center and was hosted by Sol Kyung-gu and Han Hyo-joo. A total of 301 films from 69 countries were screened at the festival, including 96 wo ...
on October 6, 2016.
Synopsis
A story about a young woman Ye-ri (
Han Ye-ri
Han Ye-ri (born Kim Ye-ri on December 23, 1984) is a South Korean actress.
Career
Han built her filmography by starring in short films and indies. She drew notice in the sports drama '' As One'' (2012), for which she learned the Hamgyŏng diale ...
) who runs a bar and takes care of her unconscious paralyzed father, and three men (
Yang Ik-june
Yang Ik-june (born October 19, 1975) is a South Korean actor and film director. He is best known for the 2009 film '' Breathless'', which he wrote, directed, edited, and starred in.
Career
Born in Seoul in 1975, Yang graduated from the Departme ...
,
Park Jung-bum
Park Jung-bum (born 1976) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter and actor. Park wrote, directed, and acted in his directorial debut '' The Journals of Musan'' (2011), which won the New Currents Award and FIPRESCI Award at the 15th Busan ...
,
Yoon Jong-bin
Yoon Jong-bin (; born December 20, 1979) is a South Korean film director.
Career
Yoon Jong-bin's Chung-Ang University graduation thesis film was '' The Unforgiven'', which portrayed masculine codes in the Korean military with honesty and sensiti ...
) who frequent the bar trying without much success to win her heart. This strange trio's interactions with Ye-ri offer funny moments and barbed quips galore, as the men compete feebly for the woman's attention.
Cast
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Han Ye-ri
Han Ye-ri (born Kim Ye-ri on December 23, 1984) is a South Korean actress.
Career
Han built her filmography by starring in short films and indies. She drew notice in the sports drama '' As One'' (2012), for which she learned the Hamgyŏng diale ...
as Ye-ri
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Yang Ik-june
Yang Ik-june (born October 19, 1975) is a South Korean actor and film director. He is best known for the 2009 film '' Breathless'', which he wrote, directed, edited, and starred in.
Career
Born in Seoul in 1975, Yang graduated from the Departme ...
as Ik-june, a gang member
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Park Jung-bum
Park Jung-bum (born 1976) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter and actor. Park wrote, directed, and acted in his directorial debut '' The Journals of Musan'' (2011), which won the New Currents Award and FIPRESCI Award at the 15th Busan ...
as Jung-bum, a North Korean defector
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Yoon Jong-bin
Yoon Jong-bin (; born December 20, 1979) is a South Korean film director.
Career
Yoon Jong-bin's Chung-Ang University graduation thesis film was '' The Unforgiven'', which portrayed masculine codes in the Korean military with honesty and sensiti ...
as Jong-bin, an epileptic man
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Lee Joo-young as Joo-young
* Lee Joon-dong as Ye-ri's father
* Choi Si-hyung as Boy
Special appearance
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Shin Min-a
Shin Min-a (; born 5 April 1984) is a South Korean model and actress best known for starring in television dramas ''A Love to Kill'' (2005), ''My Girlfriend Is a Nine-Tailed Fox'' (2010), ''Arang and the Magistrate'' (2012), ''Oh My Venus'' ...
as Min-ah
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Yoo Yeon-seok
Yoo Yeon-seok (born Ahn Yeon-seok on April 11, 1984) is a South Korean actor. After making his acting debut in 2003 with a small role in '' Oldboy'', he resumed his acting career in 2008. His notable works include the films '' Re-encounter'' (2 ...
as Motorcycle man
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Kim Eui-sung
Kim Eui-sung (; born December 17, 1965) is a South Korean actor. He is known for his roles in films ''The Day a Pig Fell into the Well'' (1996), ''Office'' (2015), '' The Exclusive: Beat the Devil's Tattoo'' (2015) and ''Train to Busan'' (2016); ...
as President
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Kim Tae-hoon as Tae-hoon
* Jo Dal-hwan as Thug 1
*
Kang San-ae
Kang San-eh (, born Kang Yeong-geol, ; November 3, 1963) is a South Korean folk rock singer-songwriter and actor. He is sometimes referred to as the "Korean Bob Dylan."
Early life and education
Kang was born in 1963 in Busan, South Korea. His ...
as Fortune Teller
References
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2016 films
2010s Korean-language films
2016 drama films
South Korean drama films
Films directed by Zhang Lu
2010s South Korean films
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