My Beautiful Girl, Mari
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Theatrical poster |
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Directed by | Lee Seong-kang |
Written by | Kang Su-jeong Lee Seong-kang Seo Mi-ae |
Music by | Lee Byung-woo |
Cinematography | Kwon Geun-wook |
Editing by | Park Gok-ji |
Distributed by | (USA) ADV Films |
Release date(s) | January 18, 2002 (South Korea) |
Running time | 80 min |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
IMDb profile |
My Beautiful Girl, Mari (Korean: 마리 이야기, Mari Iyagi, 2002), also known as My Beautiful Girl Mari, is a critically successful South Korean animated film. It follows the story of a young boy during summer vacation and ascends into flights of surrealistic fantasy, which may or may not be dream sequences.
[edit] Plot
Kim Nam-woo struggles through life as people around him constantly leave him; his best friend, Jun-ho, is going to study in Seoul and in some ways his widowed mother is "leaving" him too by paying more attention to her new boyfriend. To escape, he goes to a dream world, where he meets a girl named Mari. The story follows Nam-woo in discovering himself and maturing.
[edit] Awards
- Grand Prix Winner (Best Feature Film) at the 26th Annecy International Animated Film Festival (Annecy, France)
[edit] External links
- My Beautiful Girl Mari at the Internet Movie Database
- "frames per second magazine" - My Beautiful Girl, Mari: The blossoming of Korean animation.
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