200 pounds of beauty
| Movie | |
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| Original title | 미녀 는 괴로워 (minyeo-nine goerowo) |
| Country of production | South Korea |
| original language | Korean |
| Publishing year | 2006 |
| length | 120 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Kim Yong-hwa |
| script | Kim Yong-hwa |
| production | KM Culture |
| cut | Park Gok-ji |
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200 Pounds Beauty ( 미녀 는 괴로워 ) is a South Korean feature film from 2006 . The film is designed as a romantic comedy and is based on a Japanese manga by Yumiko Suzuki . The film had more than 6.6 million admissions in South Korea and marked the breakthrough for leading actress Kim Ah-jung .
content
Han-na is a good singer but works in phone sex. In addition, she provides the voice for the well-known pop star Ammy. Han-na is enormously overweight and can therefore not perform in public as a singer, although her voice is very well received. She secretly loves the music producer Sang-jun. This is how she endures her fate. Until one day she happened to find out that she was actually only tolerated because of her voice. She plans to take her own life. However, it turns out differently and by chance she ends up with one of her phone sex customers, who is a cosmetic surgeon by trade. She gets him to operate on her and after a long break and rehabilitation, Hanna reappears as an unrecognizable person. Not even her best friend Jung-min recognizes her. However, she opens up to her friend and together they invent a new identity for Han-na. From now on she calls herself Jenny and poses as an American of Korean origin. She also goes to an audition for the pop star Ammy, but this brings her her own record deal. She signs a contract with Sang-jun and sings the song “Maria” as her debut song.
Meanwhile, Ammy is desperate to find Han-na because she needs her voice again. That's why she begins to take care of Han-na's father in the hope of getting to Han-na. Due to entanglements, however, she then realizes that the new Jenny is Han-na. Sang-jun also realizes that Jenny, to whom he feels very attracted, is old Han-na. He reveals to her that he will definitely make a record with her, but he distances himself from her. Then a world collapses for Han-na. She took the enormous burden of cosmetic surgery, changed her entire body and diet, only to find out in the end that it was in vain.
At her concert she then announces that she is not really Jenny, but Han-na. Moved by her tearful confession, the audience began to shout “Don't worry!”. In the end, Han-na records a new record as Kang Han-na. She has won many fans through her story, but there are still envious people who make life difficult for her.
reception
Outside of Asia, 200 Pounds of Beauty was only shown at a few festivals without receiving special attention from the media. The acting performances, especially of the leading actress Kim Ah-jung, were generally rated as good. The All Movie Guide criticizes, however, that the film does not deal factually enough with the serious topic of cosmetic surgery. Jay Seaver from eFilmCritic.com also draws the conclusion that the film makes an effort, but still doesn't quite work. James Mudge of BeyondHollywood.com calls 200 Pounds Beauty one of the best South Korean romantic comedies in recent years.
Soundtrack
The theme song of the film is a cover version of the song "Maria" by the band Blondie . Actress Kim Ah-jung sings the song herself.
| Track | title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beautiful girl | Kim Ah-jung (김아중) |
| 2 | 별 [Byul] | Youme (유미) |
| 3 | Maria | Kim Ah-jung (김아중) |
| 4th | Dance With My Daddy | Alex Chu (Clazziquai) |
| 5 | You don't know, I love you | U (유) |
| 6th | 슈퍼 스타 [Super Star] | Loveholic |
| 7th | 튜울립 [Tulip] | Venny (상상 밴드) (Feat. 종휘 [Jong-hui]) |
| 8th | Miss You Much | Youme (유미) |
| 9 | Beautiful Girl (Teaser Edit) | Kim Ah-jung (김아중) (Feat. Alex Chu of Clazziquai & And) |
| 10 | 바보 처럼 [Like A Fool] | 김형중 Kim Hyung-joong |
| 11 | 별 [Star] (original dialogue version) | Kim Ah-jung (김아중) |
Awards
Awards won
| year | Award | category |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Grand Bell Awards |
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| 2007 | KSC film award |
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| 2007 | Daejong Film Festival |
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Nominations
| year | Award | category |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Grand Bell Awards |
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Individual evidence
- ↑ 200 Pounds of Beauty in the All Movie Guide (accessed November 25, 2008)
- ↑ cf. Jean Noh in South Korea the Profitability Factor (January 11, 2008), accessed November 12, 2012
- ↑ Review of 200 Pounds of Beauty in the All Movie Guide (accessed November 25, 2008)
- ↑ Jay Seaver: 200 Pounds Beauty published July 9, 2007 on efilmcritic.com (Retrieved November 25, 2008)
- ↑ James Mudge: 200 Pounds Beauty (2006) Movie Review ( Memento of the original from September 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , published on BeyondHollywood.com on May 8, 2007 (Retrieved November 25, 2007)
Web links
- Further information on the KTO website
- 200 Pounds Beauty in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- 200 Pounds Beauty in the Korean Movie Database (English)
- 200 pounds of beauty on HanCinema