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A Korean in Paris
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = A Korean in Paris
| image = A Korean in Paris poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Jeon Soo-il
| writer = Agns Feuvre
Jeon Soo-il
| starring =
| studio = Dong Nyuk Film
Neon Productions
| distributor = Neon Productions
| released =
| country = France
South Korea
| language = Korean
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'A Korean in Paris' is a film directed by Jeon Soo-il.
Plot
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.
Cast
* Cho Jae-hyun as Sang-ho
*Pang Ji-in as Yeon-Wha
*Mi Kwan Lock as Chang
Release and reception
The film premiered at the 20th Busan International Film Festival in October 2015. The film had its North American premiere in January 2016 at the Palm Springs Film Festival.
'Variety' magazine described the film as a steadily absorbing portrait of a man trawling the ugly lower depths of one of the worlds most beautiful cities.
References
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