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Shine

2023, Color, 128'56", Live Action

Dir: PARK Suk-young

Keyword: Drama, Youth, Women, Religion, Family

Release: 2024-07-31

Film Awards

The 49th Seoul Independent Film Festival (2023,Korea)
The 6th Jeju Hondie Film Festival (2023,Korea)

Synopsis

Ye-sun, a 16-year-old girl who lives in a little town in Jeju Island, recently lost her grandmother. After the death of her grandmother, Ye-sun closes herself from everyone so that she can get used to being alone.

Over one lonely and severe winter night, Ye-sun finally picks up her phone to make a call.

Director's Note

I was obsessed with finding something new. I saw blue house in Jeju island when my obsession turned into resignation. I started to imagine a film walking by the town because I liked the house. The film is a story about people who deceive everyone to love, love easily but leave hard. The last day of editing the film, I thought that there is a person who cries for you beyond your lonely hill. Everything became new.

Director's Bio / Filmography

- PARK Suk-young

2014 [Wild Flowers] 114min.

2014 Actress of the Year, 19th Busan International Film Festival (2014, Korea)

40th Seoul Independent Film Festival (2014, Korea)

25th BLACK MOVIE, Geneva International Film Festival (2015, Switzerland)

9th Mauvais International Genre Film Festival (2015, France)

5th Beijing International Film Festival (2015, China)

10th London Korean Film Festival (2015, UK)

2015 [Steel Flower] 83min.

20th Busan International Film Festival (2015, Korea)

Grand Prize, 41st Seoul Independent Film Festival (2015, Korea)

Jury Prize, 15th Marrakech International Film Festival (2015, Morocco)

Festival Critics Best Independent Award, 14th Florence Korea Film Fest (2016, Italy)

Rookie of the Year Award, 36th The Korean Association of Film Critics Award (2016, Korea)

2016 [Ash Flower] 126min.

Opening Film, 42nd Seoul Independent Film Festival (2016, Korea)

Grand Prize, 5th Muju Film Festival (2017, Korea)

Korea-Vietnam Film Festival 2017 (2017, Vietnam)

Staff

Director/Writer PARK Suk-young

Production Jeju SL INC, Samsun Film

Producer CHO Young-gak, SEO Tae-soo

Cinematograph KANG Hyun-woo, OH Tae-seung, LEE Sung-eun

Lighting Greenlight, NAM Ki-hoon, LEE Seung-eun, LEE Ha-eun

Sound Record KIM Tae-hee

Editing PARK Yoo-kyung, CHO Hyun-ju

Mixing 119 Sound

Music KIM Dong-ki

D.I. LEE Byung-yong

CG Jude Chun

Cast

Ye-sun JANG Hae-gum

Rapaella JANG Sun

Stella JUNG Eun-kyung

Saebyeol SONG Ji-on