''Alive'' () is a 2014 South Korean drama film starring

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 Bus ...

and

Lee Seung-yeon Lee Seung-yeon (born August 18, 1968) is a South Korean actress and talk show host. Career Lee Seung-yeon graduated from Inha Technical College in Incheon with a degree in Airline Navigation, and became a flight attendant for Korean Air. In 19 ...

. Written and directed by Park, it tells the story of a broke laborer's struggle for survival. After his friend's suicide, Park was troubled and started asking questions, such as why he was unable to help his friend and how he can help himself as he also suffers from panic disorder. He concluded that humans should save humans. Although everyone may look like they're leading different lives, finding hope within everything is what he wanted his film to focus on. It made its world premiere as one of the feature-length films for Jeonju Digital Project at the

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in 2014. Since then, the film had a good start in the film festival scene, winning the Young Critics Award at the 67th

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, followed by a double crown for the Silver Astor for Best Actor Award and Obra Cine Award for Best First or Second Feature at the 29th

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, a special mention at the 25th

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along with numerous other international film festival invites.

Plot

Jung-chul, a laborer, toils away on a soybean paste factory as he tries to look after his dysfunctional family.

Cast

as Jung-chul *

as Soo-yeon *

Park Myung-hoon Park Myung-hoon ( ko, 박명훈; born May 28, 1975), is a South Korean actor. He made his acting debut as a stage actor in the 1999 play ''Class''. He is best known internationally for his role as Geun-sae in the Academy Award winning film ''Para ...

as Myung-hoon * Shin Haet-bit as Ha-na *

Park Hee-von A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are green spaces set aside for recreation inside towns and cities. N ...

as Hyun-kyung * Lee Na-ra as Jin-young

Production

Filming starts in December 2011 in a small town in the mountainous Gangwon Province of Korea, where

's parents live and run a small soybean paste factory, which acts as the main location for the film.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alive 2014 films 2010s Korean-language films Films directed by Park Jung-bum South Korean drama films 2014 drama films 2010s South Korean films