Streets of violence
| Movie | |
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| German title | Streets of violence |
| Original title | Biyeolhan Geori ( 비열한 거리 ) |
| Country of production | South Korea |
| original language | Korean |
| Publishing year | 2006 |
| length | 134 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Yoo Ha |
| script | Yoo Ha |
| music | Jo Yeong-wook |
| camera | Choi Hyun-ki |
| cut | Park Gok-ji |
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Streets of Violence ( Biyeolhan Geori ) is a South Korean gangster film in the style of a Film Noir by director Yoo Ha from 2006. The director's fourth full-length feature film is about the rise and fall of a young aspiring criminal in a nihilistic contemporary world.
The production, budgeted at 4.7 million US dollars , was released in South Korean cinemas on June 15, 2006. The production reached second place in the domestic cinema charts on the first weekend and achieved revenues of around 10.8 million US dollars with a total of 1.7 million moviegoers. In Germany, it was first published on June 14, 2007 on DVD. The film was released on Blu-Ray in Germany under the international title A Dirty Carnival .
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29-year-old Kim Byung-doo is a minor gang leader of a hierarchical organization led by the honorable underworld boss Hwang. The inconspicuous scoundrel is a man of strict principles, whose unconditional commitment, however, is not appreciated by his direct superior Sang-chul. The petty crook does not receive adequate remuneration. Byung-doo still compensates his henchmen from the meager donations. He also supports his sick mother and his two siblings.
When the up-and-coming main character learns one day that Hwang feels threatened by a lawyer and at the same time signals to him that the young man is more capable than his long-established superior, Byung-doo takes the opportunity to decisively advance his own gangster career. With the help of a loyal henchman, he murders the aforementioned lawyer, and later also Sang-chul. More bloody commissioned work follows. Hwang, the head of the gangster syndicate, is grateful for this.
At a different time, Byung-doo is contacted by his old childhood friend Min-ho, who is researching a gangster film as a young director and asks him for help. The harsh everyday life of the criminal inspires the filmmaker, so that he secretly records the life of his friend and staged it later. Through the shady director, the lawbreaker also introduces the petite Hyun-ju, a friend from school days. Byung-doo falls in love with beauty, which however vehemently rejects any advances.
On the evening of Min-ho's long-awaited gangster epic - the scenario is based on authentic, sometimes explosive and confidential experiences of Byung-doo - the inevitable case of the criminal begins. Byung-doo, who was betrayed and betrayed by his friend, finally becomes a security risk for his organization. Meanwhile, the intimidated Min-ho turned to the police. In the decline, Byung-doo is murdered by his own, once loyal follower Jong-su. In the end, Byung-doo's mother dies due to illness, the underage siblings remain orphaned.
Awards
- 2007: Nomination in the category Best Film Editing for Park Gok-ji
- 2007: Nomination in the Best Film category
- 2007: Nomination in the Best Screenplay category
- 2007: Nomination for Best Actor for Jo In-seong
- 2007: Nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Chun Ho-jin
Reviews
The lexicon of international films wrote that the work was a "tough gangster film that tried to achieve realism and portrayed the life of outsiders on the edge of a criminal society". Furthermore, the "quite interesting genre film" ties in with the Mafia epics of Martin Scorsese .
Web links
- A Dirty Carnival in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Streets of Violence in the online film database
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b entry on hancinema.net; Retrieved April 4, 2009
- ↑ Entry on boxofficemojo.com; accessed April 4, 2009
- ^ A b Streets of Violence in the Lexicon of International Films