The Journals of Musan
North American Premiere

The Journals of Musan

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| South Korea | 127 MINUTES | Korean
Drama

Park Jungbum's stunning and much-lauded debut is the story of Jeon Seung-chul, a North Korean defector forging a life in capitalist South Korea. Emerging from eight months in a resettlement camp, the unassuming Seung-chul is placed in a home on the rundown outskirts of Seoul, and finds a modest job papering the city with advertisement posters. Yearning for a human bond, he joins a church and meets Sook-young, a choir singer who works nights at a seedy karaoke bar. As he attempts to forge some kind of relationship with Sook-young and some kind of life in Seoul, Seung-chul finds his deepest kinship and comfort in a fellow outcast—a stray dog he adopts in the street.

Marginalized in every way, from his liminal home on the city's fringes to his frustrated attempts to integrate in either church or work, Seung-chul's unwavering moral compass is testament to his integrity in the face of baseless prejudice. As both director and actor, Park (assistant director of Lee Chang-dong's stirring Poetry) fully realizes a disarmingly beautiful vision of loneliness, disconnect, and ethical ambiguity in this story of a lost soul's struggle to connect.


Cast & Credits
Directed by
Park Jungbum and Park Jungbum
PARK JUNGBUM won both the New Currents Award and the FIPRESCI Award at the 2010 Pusan International Film Festival for Journals of Musan. He won numerous prizes for his short films Templementary and 125 Jeon Seung-chul. He went on to serve as first assistant director on Lee Chang-dong's Poetry.
Screenwriter
Park Jungbum
Lighting
Lee Jongseok
Director
Park Jungbum
Producer
Lee Jinuk
Primary Cast
Park Jungbum,Jin Yonguk,Kang Eunjin
Editor
Jo Hyunjoo
Cinematography
Kim Jongsun
Production Designer
Eun Heesang

Contacts
Sales Contact
Young-joo Suh
Finecut Co., Ltd.
Seoul, 135-280
Phone: +82 2 569 8777
cineinfo@finecut.co.kr
Submitter
Finecut Co., Ltd.
Finecut Co., Ltd.
Seoul, 135-280
Phone: +822 569 6266
cineinfo@finecut.co.kr
Print Source
Oya Jeong
Finecut Co., Ltd.
Seoul, 135-280
Phone: +822 569 9266
oya@finecut.co.kr
Main Contact
Yura Kwon
Finecut Co., Ltd.
Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-280
Phone: +82 2 569 6266
yura@finecut.co.kr
* Rush Tickets available at venue except for
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Rush will be offered when advanced tickets for a screening or event are no longer available at venues other than Beacon Theatre.
The Rush system functions as a standby line that will form at the venue approximately one hour prior to scheduled start time. Admittance is based on availability and will begin roughly 10 minutes prior to program start time. Rush Tickets are the same price as advance tickets and are payable upon entry.

The Journals of Musan won the Best New Narrative Director Award, and will have two additional screenings on Sunday, May 1. Learn more.



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