Glass Garden
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Yuri-jeongwon ( 유리 정원 ) |
| Country of production | South Korea |
| original language | Korean |
| Publishing year | 2017 |
| length | 116 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Shin Su-won |
| script | Shin Su-won |
| production | Lim Choong-keun |
| music | Ryu Jae-ah |
| camera | Yun Ji-woon |
| occupation | |
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Glass Garden (Original title: Yuri-jeongwon ( 유리 정원 )) is a 2017 film by the South Korean director Shin Su-won. The main roles were played by Moon Geun-young and Kim Tae-hoon . The film premiered on October 12, 2017 as the opening film of the 22nd Busan International Film Festival .
action
Jae-yeon is a scientist with a bad leg, which is why she always limps. At the time, her father was convinced that a tree in the forest had cursed her and made her leg stop growing. Nevertheless, she pursues her life as a scientist and falls in love with her boss, Professor Jeong. On the other hand, the unsuccessful writer is Ji-hoon, who lacks original ideas and loses the support of his publisher after an argument with a successful writer.
Jaeyeon is working on green blood cells that are supposed to enable people to photosynthesize , so that humanity would no longer have to rely on external oxygen. Jaeyeon believes it could take up to 100 years to research, but it's worth it. However, the laboratory is under financial pressure. Her colleague, Soo-hee, draws on Jae-yeon's research and develops cosmetics to keep the skin young. This idea receives the support of the laboratory and the supervisor. Finally, Jae-yeon notices that her supervisor has cheated on her with So-hee and retreats to a glass house in the forest of her youth.
Ji-hun, who lives in Jae-yeon's neighborhood and moves into her apartment after moving out, discovers an interesting story on the wall. He tries to find Jae-yeon as inspiration for a new book. Meanwhile, Jae-yeon's boss tried to convince her to return. He does not succeed in this. Also, due to the wind, he falls into a small river on his way back and drowns.
Jae-yeon believes she can save him with her green blood cells and takes care of him. Ji-hun finds Jae-yeon and writes her story on his blog, which becomes a huge success. But one day he discovers that the person in a wheelchair who drives Jae-yeon around is dead. Jae-yeon said he would transform, but Ji-hun thinks she is crazy and a murderer. After he writes the event in his new book, which the publisher publishes with the words "based on a true story," the police become aware.
Jae-yeon escapes, but realizes that she really wasn't successful. Ji-hun is very sorry for all of this; he regrets having published the story this way. However, Jae-yeon accepts it, does not give up her research and henceforth aims to become a tree, which she succeeds in the end.
reception
Hollywood Reporter's Elizabeth Kerr called Glass Garden Shin Su-won's most empathic work. She also praised Moon's performance in playing Jae-yeon properly vulnerable, passive, and injured. In addition, the transparent camera work by Yun Ji-woon is a highlight. According to Variety's Guy Lodge , the trees in the film get the best settings. The film is an environmental fable that is difficult to understand.
Web links
- Glass Garden in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Glass Garden in the Korean Movie Database (English)
- Glass Garden on HanCinema
Individual evidence
- ↑ Opening / Closing List. (No longer available online.) In: Busan International Film Festival. Archived from the original on November 13, 2017 ; accessed on November 12, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Elizabeth Kerr, 'Glass Garden': Film Review. In: The Hollywood Reporter . December 16, 2017, accessed November 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Guy Lodge: Busan Film Review: 'Glass Garden'. In: Variety . October 14, 2017, accessed November 12, 2017 .
