The Song of the Faithful Chunhyang
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German title | The Song of the Faithful Chunhyang |
Original title | Chunhyangdyeon ( 춘향뎐 ) |
Country of production | South Korea |
original language | Korean |
Publishing year | 2000 |
length | 120 minutes |
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Director | In the Kwon-taek |
script | Kang Hye-yun Kim Myung-gon Cho Sang-hyun |
production | Kim Dong-ju Seok Dong-jun |
music | Kim Jung-gil |
camera | Jung Il-Sung |
cut | Park Seon-deok |
occupation | |
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The Song of the Faithful Chunhyang (Original title: Chunhyangdyeon , international title: Chunhyang ) is a South Korean film by Im Kwon-taek from 2000. It is the first South Korean film to be invited to the Cannes International Film Festival .
action
At first you see a pansori singer presenting the story to an audience on a stage in the traditional form of Korean storytelling. The film shows alternately scenes from the stage and the main plot of the story.
In Namwon , the son of a governor falls in love with the beauty Chunhyang , the daughter of a Gisaeng and an aristocrat. Mongryong and Chunhyang decide to get married, but keep the marriage a secret from Mongryong's father. One day his father is called to the King's Ministry in Hanseong . Mongryong cannot take his wife to the capital because if the marriage between him and a woman from the lower class were discovered, he would not be able to take the civil servant examination. However, he promises to get her as soon as he has passed the exam.
The new governor rules very strictly. He also asked Chunhyang to have sex. However, she defends herself because she is married and has sworn allegiance to her husband. The governor sees it as a violation of the law, has them tortured and sentenced to death. The execution is to take place on the governor's birthday.
Meanwhile, Mongryong passes the Hanseong exam as the best of his year. He returns to Namwon, dressed like a beggar, and learns of the new governor's misdeeds, while Chunhyang is admired by the population for her resistance. Mongryong visits Chunhyang's mother, who immediately loses hope that a beggar cannot help her daughter. However, they enter Chunhyang's prison that night. She only wants her to be buried in her husband's family grave in Hanseong. The governor's birthday takes place the next day. Mongryong, however, exposes Governor Byun's misconduct and has him arrested. So he also frees Chunhyang and leaves the city with her in the direction of Hanseong.
background
The film is based on the famous pansori -Stück Chunhyangga . It is a Korean legend from the 17th century.
reception
Stephen Locke described the film in Der Spiegel as "entertaining and stimulating" due to its "beauty of images, exotic shape and haunting story". Lee Hyo-jeong's acting as Chunhyang is "gorgeous" and the film confirms "the current strength of Asian cinema". The film was also rated very positively in the cinema . The editors gave the film the best possible rating and described the film as "unusual, strange and fascinating".
“Opulent film adaptation of the most famous Korean fairy tale, which blurs the lines between film and theater. It starts with the Korean one-man opera Pansori, whose singer recites the poignant story, then action and song mix to form a fascinating aesthetic unit, the pull of which one can hardly escape. A pleasure that brings its own stylized universe. "
Awards
Asia-Pacific Film Festival 2000
- Special jury award
Cannes International Film Festival 2000
- Nomination for the Golden Palm
Hawaii International Film Festival 2000
- Best feature film
Pusan International Film Festival 2000
- NETPAC price
Singapore International Film Festival 2001
- for Best Asian Director for Im Kwon-taek
Web links
- The Song of the Faithful Chunhyang onYouTube(Korean with English / Italian subtitles)
- The song of the faithful Chunhyang in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Faithful Chunhyang's Song in the online film database
- The song of the faithful Chunhyang in the Korean Movie Database (English)
- The Song of the Faithful Chunhyang on HanCinema
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stephen Locke: Cannes: "Chunhyang" - length without boredom. In: Der Spiegel . May 19, 2000, accessed April 12, 2015 .
- ↑ The Song of the Faithful Chunhyang. In: Cinema . Retrieved April 12, 2015 .
- ↑ The Song of the Faithful Chunhyang. In: Lexicon of International Films. Retrieved April 11, 2015 .
- ^ The Busan International Film Festival Awards NETPAC for its 25th anniversary. In: NETPAC. Accessed July 10, 2019 .