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2018 South Korean film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Beautiful Days (Korean: 뷰티풀 데이즈) is a 2018 South Korean drama film starring Lee Na-young, Jang Dong-yoon and Oh Kwang-rok.[3] The film premiered as the opening film of the 23rd edition of the Busan International Film Festival on October 4, 2018.[4][5][6] It was released in theaters on November 21, 2018.[7]
Beautiful Days | |
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Hangul | 뷰티풀 데이즈 |
Revised Romanization | Byutipul Deijeu |
Directed by | Jéro Yun |
Written by | Jéro Yun |
Produced by | Kim Hyun-woo |
Starring | Lee Na-young Jang Dong-yoon |
Cinematography | Kim Jong-sun |
Edited by | Jéro Yun |
Music by | Mathieu Regnault |
Production company | Peppermint & Company |
Distributed by | Smile Entertainment Contents Panda |
Release dates |
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Running time | 104 minutes[1] |
Countries | South Korea France |
Language | Korean |
Box office | US$45,395[2] |
The film follows the life of a North Korean defector who gives birth to a son at a young age and abandons her husband and child for a better life abroad. The hidden past is revealed after fourteen years when the grown-up son visits her.
Beautiful Days is director Jéro Yun's debut feature film and lead actress Lee Na-young's first film in 5 years.[8]
The film began production on October 31, 2017. Filming wrapped on November 26, 2017.[8]
In Variety, Peter Debruge says, "Lee Na-young impresses as a North Korean woman tracked down by her long-since-abandoned son".[9] Reviewing it for Screendaily, Wendy Ide noted the film as being structurally a little over-complicated, but still is an impressive drama which feels convincingly rooted in real lives and stories.[10]
Clarence Tsui of The Hollywood Reporter writes, "Beautiful Days certainly lives up to its title with its mesmerizing imagery and very polished production values. But it is weighed down by a clichéd narrative and simplistic moral binaries".[11]
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