Peppermint Candy(Bakha satang)
Dir: Lee Chang-dong
South Korea, 1999, Korean, 130mins, DCP
Cast: Sol Kyung-gu, Moon So-ri, Kim Yeo-jin
The traumatic history of South Korea’s modern development – from the Gwangju Uprising in 1980 to the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis – is told through the tragic story of the antihero protagonist Yongho in reverse chronology. From taking part in the Gwangju Massacre during his mandatory military service to torturing dissidents as a policeman, Yong-ho’s acts of violence on behalf of the state are transferred to his private life in the form of toxic masculinity resulting in misogynistic domestic violence. Lee’s second feature ambitiously tackles a nation’s historical pain through the popular form of melodrama, establishing him as a talent to watch whose promise was quickly fulfilled in his subsequent films.
Grand Bell Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress
1/12 (Fri) Speaker: Dr. Kim So Hye (Korea Foundation Visiting Professor in Korean Studies at the University of Hong Kong). Conducted in English
Screening:
In-theatre Screening
The Tapestry of Suffering – The Cinema of Lee Chang-dong
Full House 2023-12-01 (Fri)
20:00Full House 2023-12-02 (Sat)
16:45
Hong Kong Arts Centre Louis Koo Cinema (Venue)
M+ Cinema (Venue)
EMP Cinemas iSQUARE (Venue)
EMP Cinemas Times Square (Venue)
PREMIERE Elements (Venue)
K11 Art House
Broadway Hollywood
Hong Kong Film Archive
Festival Grand Cinema
The Grand Cinema
Cine Moko
MOViE MOViE
The Metroplex
the sky
HK Science Museum Lecture Hall
Hong Kong Arts Centre Shouson Theatre
MCL Telford Cinema
Tai Kwun
The HKFYG Jockey Club Media 21
CINE FAN ONLINE
Chinese Subtitles
Category III
Director and/or actor(s) will meet the audience
Meet the audience
Post-screening discussion with the director
Post-screening talk
Assigned seating
Full House