Kim-ki-Duk stars in Korean panorama section

Thiruvananthapuram: The 20th IFFK will feature works by six leading South Korean filmmakers in the Korean Panorama section. IFFK favourite Kim ki-duk is the marquee name on the list.

The section, which has over the years been synonymous with thrillers, veers into the melancholy this year with films that also capture contemporary realities in Korea.

Kim ki-Duk’s Stop is an eco-thriller that examines the trauma of a couple troubled by the Fukushima nuclear disaster. It is the story of how the meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear reaction altered the lives and fates of a young married couple who were exposed to it.

Clown of a salesman (2015) is a take on the present-day corporate world. In a desperate attempt to pay his daughter’s medical bills, the protagonist of this gloomy movie joins a firm which provides free entertainment to old women in exchange for buying their products.

The silver lining of the film amidst the crushing helplessness is the bond he develops with a client. The film alternates between the joy of this friendship and the misery of his debts.

Madonna (2015) is a medical drama deals in depth with the class discrepancies in a hospital. Director Shin Su-won depicts the extremes of our society; where lives are divided according to the discrepancy between the rich and poor, the possession of power, and the gender divide. The Unfair (2015) is a reflection of the Korean judiciary and courtrooms.

Office (2015) is Hong Won-chan’s directorial debut doubles as psychological thriller and satire about the corporate politics. Office, a deftly made genre film that was showcased at the ‘Midnight Screening’ at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, begins with a man who disappears after killing his entire family.

 

 

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