Set Me Free (2014 film)

Set Me Free

Theatrical poster
Directed by Kim Tae-yong
Produced by Pyeon Kyung-woo
Written by Kim Tae-yong
Starring Choi Woo-shik
Kim Su-hyeon
Music by Kim Woo-geun
Cinematography Kim Soo-min
Edited by Kim Mi-young
Jo Hyo-jung
Distributed by CJ Entertainment
Release date
  • November 13, 2014 (2014-11-13)
Running time
 108 minutes
Country South Korea
Language Korean
Box office US$158,070[1]

Set Me Free (Hangul: 거인; RR: Geoin) is a 2014 South Korean autobiographical coming-of-age film directed by Kim Tae-yong.[2][3] Choi Woo-shik won Actor of the Year at the 19th Busan International Film Festival, where the film also received the Citizen Critics' Award.[4][5] Set Me Free was released in theaters on November 13, 2014, and drew 23,979 admissions.[6][7]

Plot

Yeong-jae grew up at Isaac's Home, a group home where he was entrusted as a child by his immature and reckless father. Now a sixteen-year-old high school student, he is told that he is now too old to remain at the group home. Yeong-jae will do anything than return to his father, so to extend his stay, he lies that he wants to become a priest and enter a Catholic boarding school. In fact, Yeong-jae doesn't believe in God, having learned to rely only on himself, and even secretly steals then resells donated goods. To show his religious faith, he attends mass regularly while fawning over the facility director and curate. Beom-tae, Yeong-jae's only friend at the home, disapproves of this insincerity, but he also understands since he himself has reached the home's maximum age. Having found nowhere else to go, Yeong-jae gets so desperate to stay that in the face of the director's growing suspicion of him, Yeong-jae turns his back on Beom-tae. Then one day, his father visits the group home, this time to leave his younger brother Min-jae there, and Yeong-jae's rage and despair reaches its breaking point.

Cast

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2014
19th Busan International Film Festival
 Citizen Critics' Award Set Me Free Won
Actor of the Year Choi Woo-shik Won
2015
10th Max Movie Awards
Best New Actor Nominated
2nd Wildflower Film Awards[8]
Won
20th Chunsa Film Art Awards
Best New Director Kim Tae-yong Nominated
24th Buil Film Awards
Nominated
Best New Actor Choi Woo-shik Nominated
35th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards[9]
Won
Best New Director Kim Tae-yong Won
36th Blue Dragon Film Awards
 Won
Best New Actor Choi Woo-shik Won
The Korea Film Actors Association Awards
 Popular Actor Award Won

References

  1. ↑ http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20141001
  2. ↑ Song, Soon-jin (17 October 2014). "SET ME FREE Director KIM Tae-yong: "Youth Films Are Fantasies to Me"". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
  3. ↑ Na, Won-jung (3 November 2014). "In Focus: Set Me Free". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
  4. ↑ Kim, Su-yeon (30 October 2014). "Actor CHOI Woo-sik: Dreams to Be a Real Giant in the Film World". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
  5. ↑ Conran, Pierce (13 October 2014). "END OF WINTER and 13 Share BIFF New Currents Honors". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
  6. ↑ "Indie Film Draws 20,000 Viewers in 2 Weeks". The Chosun Ilbo. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
  7. ↑ In South Korea, an independent film that reaches 10,000 admissions is already considered a success.
  8. ↑ Ma, Kevin (1 April 2015). "Girl at My Door leads Wildflower nominations". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  9. ↑ Conran, Pierce (2 November 2015). "THE THRONE Tops Korean Association of Film Critics Awards". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
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