Bleak Night
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 South Korean poster | |
| Hangul | 파수꾼 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Pasukkun |
| McCune–Reischauer | P'asukkun |
| Directed by | Yoon Sung-hyun |
| Written by | Yoon Sung-hyun |
| Produced by | Yoon Sung-hyun Kim Seung-june Park Ki-yong Jang Hyun-soo |
| Starring | Lee Je-hoon Seo Jun-young Park Jeong-min Jo Sung-ha |
| Cinematography | Byeon Bong-seon |
| Edited by | Yoon Sung-hyun |
| Music by | Park Min-joon |
Production company | KAFA Films |
| Distributed by | Filament Pictures CJ Entertainment |
Release dates |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$143,437[1] |
Bleak Night (Korean: 파수꾼; RR: Pasukkun; lit. "The Lookout") is a 2010 South Korean coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Yoon Sung-hyun. The film is about a father's search for answers following his son's death, and the shifting dynamics at play among three high-school friends.[2] A Korean Academy of Film Arts graduation project by Yoon Sung-hyun, it received rave reviews and won several Best New Actor awards for Lee Je-hoon, as well as Best New Director for Yoon at the Grand Bell Awards and Busan Film Critics Awards.[3][4]
Plot
Still mystified by his son's death, the father (Jo Sung-ha) of high school student Ki-tae (Lee Je-hoon) tries to track down his two best friends, classmates Hee-joon (Park Jeong-min) and Dong-yoon (Seo Jun-young), to try to find an explanation. Through Ki-tae's classmate Jae-ho, the father meets Hee-joon, who says he cannot help as he moved schools "weeks before what happened to Ki-tae." Afterwards, Hee-joon berates Jae-ho for giving his phone number to Ki-tae's father but Jae-ho tells him that Ki-tae "went crazy" after he moved away. Hee-joon manages to trace Dong-yoon and urges him to contact Ki-tae's father and provide some answers. In parallel, flashbacks to the time gradually reveal what really happened, starting with Ki-tae's needling and bullying of Hee-joon and the latter's response.[5][6][7]
Cast
- Lee Je-hoon as Ki-tae
- Seo Jun-young as Dong-yoon
- Park Jeong-min as Baek Hee-joon ("Becky")
- Jo Sung-ha as Ki-tae's father
- Bae Jae-ki as Jae-ho
- Lee Cho-hee as Se-jung, girlfriend of Dong-yoon
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Recipients | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 15th Busan International Film Festival | New Currents Award | Bleak Night | Won | [8] |
| 2011 | 20th Buil Film Awards | Best New Actor | Park Jeong-min | Nominated | |
| Seo Jun-young | Nominated | ||||
| Best New Director | Yoon Sung-hyun | Nominated | |||
| Best Screenplay | Nominated | ||||
| 35th Hong Kong International Film Festival | FIPRESCI Prize | Bleak Night | Won | [9] | |
| SIGNIS Award | Nominated | ||||
| 40th International Film Festival Rotterdam | Tiger Award | Nominated | |||
| 48th Grand Bell Awards | Best New Director | Yoon Sung-hyun | Won | [10] | |
| Best New Actor | Lee Je-hoon | Won | |||
| 32nd Blue Dragon Film Awards | Won | [11] | |||
| Seo Jun-young | Nominated | ||||
| Best New Director | Yoon Sung-hyun | Won | |||
| 12th Busan Film Critics Awards | Won | ||||
| 5th Asia Pacific Screen Awards | Best Screenplay | Nominated | |||
| 21st Black Movie Festival | Young Adults Jury Awards | Won | |||
| Cine 21 Awards | Best New Director | Won | [12] | ||
| Best New Actor | Lee Je-hoon | Won | |||
| 19th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards | Won | ||||
| 2012 | 3rd KOFRA Film Awards | Won | [13] |
References
- ^ "Bleak Night (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
- ^ Beck, Una (3 March 2011). "PREVIEW: Film Bleak Night". 10Asia. Archived from the original on 2014-06-07. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ Lee, Claire (18 October 2011). "Kim Ha-neul, Park Hae-il get top honors at Daejong Film Awards". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ Kim, Jessica (2 December 2011). "Late Autumn"to take best pic for Busan critics award". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ Elley, Derek (11 January 2011). "Bleak Night". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ Cho, Jae-eun (25 March 2011). "No easy answers in complex portrait of teen angst". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ Young, Neil (15 February 2011). "Bleak Night: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ Bourne, Christopher (31 August 2010). "The best films of the 2010 Pusan International Film Festival". Meniscus Magazine. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
- ^ "Winners of the 35th HKIFF competitions". Hong Kong International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2014-05-15. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
- ^ "Kim Ha-neul, Park Hae-il get top honors at Daejong Film Awards". The Korea Herald. 18 October 2011.
- ^ "'The Unjust' best picture at Blue Dragon Awards". The Korea Herald. 27 November 2011.
- ^ "Cine 21 Awards 2011". Cine21. 3 January 2012.
- ^ "Film Industry Reporters Pick Crucible As 2011′s Best Film". Soompi. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
External links
- Bleak Night at IMDb
- Bleak Night at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
- Bleak Night at HanCinema
- Bleak Night at Rotten Tomatoes