Classic Movie Night at The Korea Society: La Vie En Rose November 20, 2008

If Hollywood floats above the political and economic struggles unfolding around it, providing a dreamy, celluloid escape from social turmoil, then Korean cinema is frequently the opposite: passionately engaged with reality.

Join us on Thursday, November 20 at 6:30 PM for a screening of director Kim Hong-joon's masterpiece La Vie En Rose

La Vie En Rose is the story of three fugitives from the law who find an unlikely hideout at a 24/7 comic book (manhwa) rental shop run by a beautiful woman known only as “Madam” (Choi Myeong-gil). One of them is the owner’s half-brother Jee-ho (Cha Gwang-su), a labor activist; the second is Dong-pal (Choi Jae-sung), a bottom-of-the-heap gangster; the third man is Yu-jin (Lee Ji-hyung), a penniless, mild-mannered poet. As days and nights go by, an intricate web of erratic relationships forms among the guests, against the background of a bleak, blue-collar district of Seoul in the 1980s.

(Warning: This film contains scenes that may disturb some viewers.)

Movies will be screened at The Korea Society in midtown Manhattan (950 Third Avenue, 8th Floor.)

Tickets are $5 for members of The Korea Society, $10 for non-members.

For more information or to register for the program, contact Heewon Kim at (212) 759-7525, ext. 355 or heewon.ny@koreasociety.org.

Official Website: http://www.koreasociety.org/arts/film/classic_movie_night.html