Paju | |
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Hangul | 파주 |
Hanja | 坡州 |
RR | Paju |
MR | P‘aju |
Directed by | Park Chan-Ok |
Produced by | Lee Eun Kim Ju-Kyung Eom Ju-yung |
Written by | Park Chan-Ok |
Starring | Lee Sun Gyun Seo Woo |
Music by | Jang Young-kyu |
Cinematography | Kim Woo-Hyung |
Editing by | Kim Hyeong-ju |
Distributed by | MK Pictures |
Release date(s) | October 29, 2009 |
Running time | 111 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Admissions | 134,917 |
A 2009 South Korean film, Paju (파주) is the tale of a teenage schoolgirl (Seo Woo) and her complex relation to her older sister’s husband (Lee Sun Gyun). Set in the city where it takes its name from – a longtime military area and now a developing city located close to the North/South Korean border – its elegantly complex narrative deals with guilt, love and redemption. The result is both uniquely Korean and universally resonant.
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Eun-mo is back in her hometown, Paju after spending three years of soul-searching in India. However the reality she returns to is far from comforting as she is faced with a dreaded reunion with her widower brother-in-law, Joong-sik. Almost a decade ago when Joong-sik came to Paju as a student activist fugitive, Eun-mo never took a liking to Joong-sik who ended up marrying her older sister, Eun-soo.
But she was forced to live with him when a tragic accident took her sister’s life. During the course of three years, Eun-mo gradually discovered she was carrying complex emotions toward Joong-sik. Feeling trapped, she decided to leave Paju. Eun-mo believed she had resolved all emotional conflicts in India, but as she digs further into her sister’s death, she becomes torn between the truth and her feelings for Joong-sik.
2009 (14th) Pusan International Film Festival - October 8th-16th - New Currents (World Premiere)
2010 (39th) International Film Festival Rotterdam - January 27th-Feb. 7th - Opening Film
2010 (12th) Deauville Asian Film Festival - March 10th-14th - The Features Competition
2010 (5th) The London Korean Film Festival - November 5-23
"APSA's NETPAC Development Prize" - the 4th annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA)
"NETPAC Award" - 14th (2009) Pusan International Film Festival - October 8th-16th
"Jury Prize" - 2010 (12th) Deauville Asian Film Festival - March 10th-14th