''Late Autumn'' () is a 2010 English-language film directed by

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. It stars Tang Wei as Anna, a prisoner who is given a 72 hours parole to visit family in

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, and who meets and befriends a South Korean man on-the-run (

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). A co-production between South Korea, China and the United States, it is the fourth remake of the now-lost 1966

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melodrama classic of the same title.

Plot

Washington state, US, the present day. Anna ( Tang Wei), an immigrant from China, has been in prison for seven years for the manslaughter of her husband (John Woo), who was jealous over her re-meeting her former boyfriend Wang Jing ( Jun-seong Kim). Hearing that her mother has died and her brother John has arranged her bail, Anna is given 72 hours parole to visit her family in Seattle. On the coach she meets a young Korean man, Hoon (

), who borrows towards a ticket, and he gives her his watch as security, promising to pay her back later. Unknown to Anna, Hoon is a gigolo on the run from powerful businessman Steve (James C. Burns), who wants to kill him for having an affair with his Korean wife, Ok-ja (Jeong So-ra). Hoon meets Anna again in

, and the pair spend time together. The next day he turns up at her mother's funeral, and gets into a fight with Wang at a restaurant afterwards. Anna tells him she has to return to prison on time, but Hoon doesn't give up so easily.

Cast

* Tang Wei as Anna *

as Hoon * Jun-seong Kim as Wang Jing *James C. Burns as Steve *Jeong So-ra as Ok-ja *John Woo as Anna's husband *Danni Lang as Jiang Huang, Wang Jing's wife *Katarina Choi as Isabel

Release

The film premiered at the

2010 Toronto International Film Festival The 35th annual Toronto International Film Festival, (TIFF) was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 9 and September 19, 2010. The opening night gala presented '' Score: A Hockey Musical'', a Canadian comedy-drama musical film. '' La ...

. It also screened at the 15th Busan International Film Festival, the

61st Berlin International Film Festival The 61st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 20 February 2011, with actress Isabella Rossellini as the President of the Jury. The Coen Brothers film ''True Grit'' opened the festival. 300,000 tickets were sold in total ...

, and the

Fribourg International Film Festival The Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF) is an annual film festival in Fribourg, Switzerland. It is focused on selected films from Asia, Africa and Latin America. The Grand Prize is the main award of the Fribourg International Film Festival ...

. The film was released in Korean theaters on February 17, 2011 and took () in the box office. It became the highest grossing Korean film released in China to date, quickly gathering over 910,000 admissions after its March release, with a total box office take of more than 60 million yuan ( or ).

Awards

;2011

* Ex-Change Award by Youth Jury * Special Mention of the Jury of the International Federation of Film Societies ; 2011

Baeksang Arts Awards The Baeksang Arts Awards (), also known as the Paeksang Arts Awards, are awards for excellence in film, television and theatre in South Korea. The awards were first introduced in 1965 by Chang Key-young, the founder of the Hankook Ilbo newspap ...

* Best Actress: Tang Wei ; 2011 Grand Bell Awards * Best Music: Jo Seong-woo, Choi Yong-rak ;2011

Korean Association of Film Critics Awards The Korean Association of Film Critics Awards (), also known as the Critics Choice Awards (), is an annual awards ceremony for excellence in film in South Korea. It was established in 1980 by the Korean Association of Film Critics (KAFC). The c ...

* Best Actress: Tang Wei * Best Music: Jo Seong-woo ;2011 Busan Film Critics Awards * Best Film * Best Actress: Tang Wei ;2012 KOFRA Film Awards * Best Actress: Tang Wei

References

External links

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at Naver * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Late Autumn 2010 films South Korean romantic drama films American romantic drama films Films shot in Washington (state) Films set in Seattle Films shot in Seattle English-language South Korean films English-language Hong Kong films English-language Chinese films Chinese drama films Hong Kong drama films 2010 romantic drama films Remakes of South Korean films Films directed by Kim Tae-yong 2010s English-language films 2010s American films 2010s South Korean films 2010s Hong Kong films