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Villain and Widow
2010 South Korean film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Villain and Widow (Korean: 이층의 악당; RR: Icheungui Akdang; lit. "Villain on the Second Floor"[3]) is a 2010 South Korean crime comedy film written and directed by Son Jae-gon about a depressed widow who rents out a room to a suspicious man who claims to be a novelist.[4]
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Plot
Yeon-joo, a depressed widow, lives with her bad-tempered daughter, Seong-ah, who's an ex-child model but is now being bullied in school. Things become worse when she starts to experience financial problems. Now deep in debt, Yeon-joo decides to rent out a room in her house to a mysterious man named Chang-in who introduces himself as a novelist. Unbeknownst to her, Chang-in is a thief who's trying to get his hands on a set of Ming Dynasty tea utensils that her deceased husband stole.
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Cast
- Han Suk-kyu as Chang-in
- Kim Hye-soo as Ham Yeon-joo
- Ji Woo as Ham Seong-ah
- Kim Ki-cheon as Seong-sik
- Lee Yong-nyeo as Next door neighbor
- Lee Jang-woo as Constable Oh
- Oh Jae-gyun as Section chief Song
- Um Ki-joon as Representative Ha
- Shin Dongho as Hyun-chul
- Park Won-sang as Ham Ki-soo
- Park Hyuk-kwon as Manager Jo
- Yoon Hee-seok as Doctor Nam
- Bae Jang-soo as Owner of real estate agency
Production
In 2009, the film was given the Lotte Award and received US$8,550 in funding at the Asian Project Market (then-called Pusan Promotion Plan) of the 14th Busan International Film Festival.[5][6]
Reception
Russell Edwards of Variety called it "amusing if overlong."[1] James Mudge of Beyond Hollywood described it as "a breath of fresh air" that "[refuses] to comply with the usual tired genre clichés."[7] Pierce Conran of Modern Korean Cinema wrote that it "transcends genre."[8] Kyu Hyun Kim of Koreanfilm.org wrote that it is "a superbly intelligent and supremely witty piece of entertainment."[9]
Kim Hye-soo received Best Actress nominations at the 48th Grand Bell Awards and the 32nd Blue Dragon Film Awards in 2011. She also won a Popular Star Award at the latter.
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Awards and nominations
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