South Korean director Chang (pseudonym of Yoon Hong-seung) after two thriller/action films, tries his hand here in “Canola”, a classic Korean melodrama that brings together a multitude of challenging and dramatic themes.
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The original title translates as “Grandma Gye-choon” and it’s perhaps more appropriate than the poetic “Canola” which recalls the visual impact of the bright yellow fields of rapeseed (canola) in bloom. The story and the characters all gravitate around Gye-choon (Youn Yuh-Jung), a “single grandmother” who takes care of her granddaughter Hye-Ji (Kim Go-Eun in the grown-up version). The prologue that sets and introduces the story shows us that Gye-choon is a “Haenyeo”, one f the spear-fishers from the community living on the island / province of Jeju. It is the same community that is depicted in the beautiful Koh Heeyoung’s documentary “Breathing Underwater”.
Hye-Ji is has lost her father (the son of...
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The original title translates as “Grandma Gye-choon” and it’s perhaps more appropriate than the poetic “Canola” which recalls the visual impact of the bright yellow fields of rapeseed (canola) in bloom. The story and the characters all gravitate around Gye-choon (Youn Yuh-Jung), a “single grandmother” who takes care of her granddaughter Hye-Ji (Kim Go-Eun in the grown-up version). The prologue that sets and introduces the story shows us that Gye-choon is a “Haenyeo”, one f the spear-fishers from the community living on the island / province of Jeju. It is the same community that is depicted in the beautiful Koh Heeyoung’s documentary “Breathing Underwater”.
Hye-Ji is has lost her father (the son of...
- 4/30/2021
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
It is always great to watch veterans receiving international acclaim, and the Oscar, cemented a great year for the 73-year old actress, who received recognition for her great performance in “Minari” from a plethora of the most prestigious awards around the world. This success was the best way to celebrate a career that spans for more than 5 decades and includes a number of great performances. Ten of them are included in this list, as our own way to congratulate this great actress.
1. Myeong-ja in Woman of Fire
Youn Yuh-jung plays Myeong-ja, a country bumpkin that has been the victim of a rape attack, in a series of events that ended up with her killing one of her attackers, and her subsequent self-exile from the area. Through a job broker, she is hired by Jeong-sook, who runs a poultry farm and is also in charge of her household, which includes her composer husband,...
1. Myeong-ja in Woman of Fire
Youn Yuh-jung plays Myeong-ja, a country bumpkin that has been the victim of a rape attack, in a series of events that ended up with her killing one of her attackers, and her subsequent self-exile from the area. Through a job broker, she is hired by Jeong-sook, who runs a poultry farm and is also in charge of her household, which includes her composer husband,...
- 4/26/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Yuh-Jung Youn has made Oscars history as the first Korean performer to win an Academy Award in one of the four acting categories. Youn took home the Best Supporting Actress prize for her performance in Lee Isaac Chung’s “Minari.” Young was nominated against Maria Bakalova (“Borat Subsequent Movie Film”), Olivia Colman (“The Father”), Amanda Seyfried (“Mank”), and Glenn Close (“Hillbilly Elegy”). Prior to the Oscars, Youn emerged as the category’s frontrunner after winning Best Supporting Actress prizes at the BAFTA Film Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Youn’s Academy Award win for Best Supporting Actress came from one of six Oscar nominations “Minari” received at the 93rd Academy Awards. The film also picked up nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Steven Yeun, Best Original Score, and Best Original Screenplay. Youn’s victory gives distributor A24 yet another acting Academy Award after the likes...
Youn’s Academy Award win for Best Supporting Actress came from one of six Oscar nominations “Minari” received at the 93rd Academy Awards. The film also picked up nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Steven Yeun, Best Original Score, and Best Original Screenplay. Youn’s victory gives distributor A24 yet another acting Academy Award after the likes...
- 4/26/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
“Underrated” is a word that is casually tossed around the internet countless times each day. Open your twitter and scroll for longer than 5 minutes and you can bet you’ll see a song, artist, movie or tv show that someone deems criminally overlooked by the masses, from the most niche to the highest peaks of pop culture So, even for The Bacchus lady, it feels a slight misuse of the word to call it underrated. After all, it was very well regarded by critics and nominated for various awards upon its release in 2016, including the Grand Jury Prize at the 10th Asia Pacific Screen Awards, of which Youn Yuh-jung (more on her later) took home the grand jury for best actress. Yet, even though it enjoyed critical success and is directed by a well-established filmmaker in Lee Jae-yong, it still seems that out of the major Korean releases, to be...
- 4/18/2021
- by Luke Georgiades
- AsianMoviePulse
Yuh-Jung Youn received the retrospective treatment from Film at Lincoln Center as the organization presented a virtual program featuring five films paired with an in-depth conversation moderated by the director of programming Dennis Lim.
The virtual event Thursday evening found the veteran star opening up about the creative choices she’s made during 50-plus years in the business, from an affinity for independent film and trusted collaborators to a recent foray into reality TV with a cooking show. Lim made sure to spotlight each of the five films featured in the retrospective — The Bacchus Lady, The Housemaid, Lucky Chan-sil, In Another ...
The virtual event Thursday evening found the veteran star opening up about the creative choices she’s made during 50-plus years in the business, from an affinity for independent film and trusted collaborators to a recent foray into reality TV with a cooking show. Lim made sure to spotlight each of the five films featured in the retrospective — The Bacchus Lady, The Housemaid, Lucky Chan-sil, In Another ...
- 4/16/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Yuh-Jung Youn received the retrospective treatment from Film at Lincoln Center as the organization presented a virtual program featuring five films paired with an in-depth conversation moderated by the director of programming Dennis Lim.
The virtual event Thursday evening found the veteran star opening up about the creative choices she’s made during 50-plus years in the business, from an affinity for independent film and trusted collaborators to a recent foray into reality TV with a cooking show. Lim made sure to spotlight each of the five films featured in the retrospective — The Bacchus Lady, The Housemaid, Lucky Chan-sil, In Another ...
The virtual event Thursday evening found the veteran star opening up about the creative choices she’s made during 50-plus years in the business, from an affinity for independent film and trusted collaborators to a recent foray into reality TV with a cooking show. Lim made sure to spotlight each of the five films featured in the retrospective — The Bacchus Lady, The Housemaid, Lucky Chan-sil, In Another ...
- 4/16/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
I Am Not Madame Bovary’s Feng Xiaogang took the best director prize.Scroll down for full list of winners
The jury of the 10th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Apsa) has awarded the best film prize to Mustafa Kara’s Turkish drama Cold Of Kalandar. The film won a total of three prizes at the regional film awards, which took place tonight (Nov 24) in Brisbane, Australia.
The best director prize went to Chinese director Feng Xiaogang for his satirical critique of bureaucratic indifference to the populace of mainland China, I Am Not Madame Bovary.
Cold of Kalandar’s Apsa best film win comes after similar honours at the Tokyo Film Festival, and Turkey’s Istanbul and Antalya film festivals.
In September it was selected as Turkey’s candidate for the foreign language Oscar.
The film depicts an impoverished family’s attempt to make a living through farming in Turkey’s mountainous northern region. Tensions between...
The jury of the 10th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Apsa) has awarded the best film prize to Mustafa Kara’s Turkish drama Cold Of Kalandar. The film won a total of three prizes at the regional film awards, which took place tonight (Nov 24) in Brisbane, Australia.
The best director prize went to Chinese director Feng Xiaogang for his satirical critique of bureaucratic indifference to the populace of mainland China, I Am Not Madame Bovary.
Cold of Kalandar’s Apsa best film win comes after similar honours at the Tokyo Film Festival, and Turkey’s Istanbul and Antalya film festivals.
In September it was selected as Turkey’s candidate for the foreign language Oscar.
The film depicts an impoverished family’s attempt to make a living through farming in Turkey’s mountainous northern region. Tensions between...
- 11/24/2016
- ScreenDaily
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