Korean Movie Night New York "Special encore screening!"
hursday, June 11, 2015 at 6PM-8:15PM
Asia Society
(725 Park Avenue at 70th Street, NYC)
YOUN Je-kyun,
2014, 126 min.
** Note! start time 6:00 pm
** Program followed by a reception.
** Free admission for 100 seats. First-come, first-served. Line forms at 5:00 pm.
** Tickets are distributed at 5:30 pm. One ticket per person only.
ODE TO MY FATHER (국제시장 Guk-je-si-jang)
Directed by JK YOUN (YOUN Je-kyun)
Starring: HWANG Jung-min, KIM Yun-jin, OH Dal-su
2014 | 126 min | In Korean with English subtitles
Well-known for his disaster film HAEUNDAE, the blockbuster filmmaker JK YOUN brings us this new epic melodrama, ODE TO MY FATHER. Selected for the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival Panorama, the film guides viewers through South Korea's modern history by following Duk-soo (HWANG Jung-min)'s struggles to support his family as he endures hardships during the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and in German coal mines. This universal tale of loyalty and love is a tribute to the generation of Korean fathers who have sacrificed everything for the sake of their families, and have in process set the stage for Korea's rise as one of the world's leading economic and cultural powers.
Korean Movie Night New York is an ongoing, approximately twice-a-month film program that introduces the full spectrum of contemporary and classic Korean cinema to New York audiences, from popular blockbusters, independent films, and documentaries to animation and family movies. The series is co-presented by Korean Cultural Service NY and Asia Society.
For information on the series, visit www.koreanculture.org or www.asiasociety.org/korean-movie-night or Facebook.com/KoreanMovieNY.