A Korean in Paris is a film directed by Jeon Soo-il.

A Korean in Paris
Film poster
Directed byJeon Soo-il
Written byAgnès Feuvre
Jeon Soo-il
Production
companies
Dong Nyuk Film
Neon Productions
Distributed byNeon Productions
Release date
  • October 4, 2015 (2015-10-04) (Busan)[1][2]
CountriesFrance
South Korea
LanguageKorean

Plot

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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.[3]

Cast

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Release and reception

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The film premiered at the 20th Busan International Film Festival in October 2015.[4] The film had its North American premiere in January 2016 at the Palm Springs Film Festival.[5]

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.”[6]

References

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  1. ^ "JEON Soo-il".
  2. ^ "Busan Film Review: 'A Korean in Paris'". 6 October 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  3. ^ "A Korean in Paris". Neon Productions. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  4. ^ KIM Su-yeon (December 18, 2014). "A Korean Film Fully Shot in France". Korean Film News.
  5. ^ "Palm Springs International Film Fest Announces Premieres". Indiewire. Archived from the original on 2015-12-17. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  6. ^ Chang, Justin (October 5, 2015). "Busan Film Review: 'A Korean in Paris'". Variety.
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