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Cheer Up, Mr. Lee

2012, Color, 93'24", Live Action
Dir: LEE Byeong-heon
Keyword: Drama, Comedy
Release: 2013-06-27

 

Film Awards
The 9th Jeju Film Festival (2013,Korea)
The 18th Independent Film & Video Makers' Forum (2013,Korea)
The 14th Jeonju International Film Festival (2013,Korea)
The 38th Seoul Independent Film Festival (2012,Korea)
Synopsis
It is Byung-hun‘s dream to become a film director. He starts to write scenarios to debut after quitting his production team due to his trouble with the assistant director. A television production team starts to film his daily life and preparation for a documentary film, but he turns out to be the epitome of laziness. He drinks every single day; it takes longer than 8 hours for him to wake up and get his computer to boot; for over an hour, all he does is to come up with the title and the right font design and he returns to pubs.
Bum-soo, who is ahead of his debut as a production director, Sung-bo, who is also yet to debut as a cinematography director, and Young-hyun, an actor who had never had a major role yet, all wrangle over cheap alcohol every other night. Not only that, Byung-hun visits his ex-wife and the 2-year-old daughter and makes a mess every time he gets drunk. So the production team loses their interest and ends up calling for an emergency meeting.
Director's Note
Seneca once said, “The one without a hope has nothing to desperate of.”
It’s not too far-fetched to say that my life so far has been full of obstacles and frustration. Perhaps such a life is still in progress, but I wanted to nag myself with a well-known proverb that teaches how life without any frustration makes the word “youth” rather clumsy. I wish someone to empathize or even have a little fun watching me nagging myself as he/she would watching a street fight. I would like to say “cheers!” to those who chose to empathize, realizing how much it is necessary to say so to those in their youth.
Director's Bio / Filmography
- LEE Byeong-heon
Born in 1980. Graduated from Department of International Trade at Ga-chon University. He has started his career as a writer/ dramatizer on commercial feature; SUNNY and SPEED SCANDAL. CHEER UP, MR. LEE is his debut film.
2009 [It Smells] 12min.
         Best Korean Short Film Award, 7th Asiana International Short Film Festival (2009, Korea)
         Short Shorts Film Festival Asia 2010 (2010, Japan)
         4th Seoul International Family Film Festival (2010, Korea)
2012 [Cheer Up, Mr. Lee] 93'24"
         18th Indieforum, Korean Independent Film & Video Makers’ Forum (2013, Korea)
         Korean Feature Competition, 14th Jeonju International Film Festival (2013, Korea)
         Audience Award, 38th Seoul Independent Film Festival (2012, Korea)
         9th Jeju Film Festival (2013, Korea)
Staff
Director/Screenwriter : LEE Byeong-heon
Production : Gang Nam Film Club
World Sales : INDIESTORY Inc.
Producer : SHIM Sang-hyuck
Cinematography : NOH Seung-bo
Production Design : WOO Moon-gi
Music : KIM Tae-seong/PARK Seok-weon
Mixing : PARK Seok-weon
Recording : ON Sae-woong
Editor : MOON Sae-kyeong

Cast
HONG Wan-pyo as Byung-hun
YANG Hyeon-min
KIM Yeong-hyeon
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