Snow Leopard Competition
12.12: The Day
서울의 봄
South Korea’s Submission for the 97th Academy Awards®
Followed by Q&A w/ Director
141 min | Drama | 2023 | South Korea | Korean | English Subs
Synopsis:
Jeon Doo-Gwang (Hwang Jung-Min) is the commander of the Defense Security Command and founder of the secret military club Hanahoe. Over a period of 9 hours on December 12, 1979 in Seoul, South Korea, Jeon Doo-Gwang leads the "12.12 Military Insurrection" and orders the arrest of a general without the authorization from the president. Lee Tae-Shin (Jung Woo-Sung), who is a commander of the Capital Security Command, stands against the military insurrection.
Schedule
Nov 19, 2024 | 06:30 PM
Director
Kim Sung-su
Kim Sung-sou (Seoul, 1961) is a screenwriter and film director who studied at the Korea National University of Arts (K-Arts), where he majored in film. He quickly made it into the Korean film industry by directing his first feature films. His first, Run Away (1995), was inspired by one of his previous short films Dead End (1993). In his debut he already introduced the noir genre in Korean cinema, both with Beat (1997) and City of the Rising Sun (1998), two blockbusters that portray hopeless youth. Later, he directed Virus (2013) and Asura: The City of Madness (2016). 12.12: The Day (2023) emerges from a personal experience. At the age of 19, on the night of December 12, 1979, Kim Sung-soo heard gunshots from his home in Hannam-dong, Seoul. This film chronicles how the life of a country changed as a result of the military insurrection of December 12, 1979 and the dictatorship it instituted until 1993.
Credits
Director:
Kim Sung-su
Executive Producer:
Choi Byung-hwan
Producer:
Byun Seung-min
Cinematography:
Jae-Kwang Kim
Editing:
Kim Sang-beom
Cast:
Hwang Jung-min
Jung Woo-sung
Lee Sung-min
Screenwriters:
In-pyo Hong
Won-Chan Hong
Sound:
Choi Tae-young
Lee Mo-gae
Young-jong Lee
Kim Sung-su
Park Hae-joon
Kim Seong-gyoon
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