Cinema Now
The purpose of the Cinema Now strand is to offer a synchronic cross section of contemporary, popular Korean cinema and take the temperature of the moment.
The Informant
정보원
Sun 09 Nov, 3:00pm
BFI Southbank
Kim Seok’s action comedy knowingly — and relentlessly — subverts the established tropes of ‘cops and robbers’ movies, and keeps wrongfooting expectations, faking the viewer out in much the same way that its characters constantly dissemble. As deceit, disguise and double-dealing reign, this is a broad, bombastic entertainment, never predictable but always funny. Anton Bitel
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3670
3670
Wed 12 Nov, 8:30pm
BFI Southbank
Park Joon-ho’s feature debut finds the sweet-spot intersection between two marginalised communities. For its protagonist Cheol-jun (Cho You-hyun) is both a North Korean defector, and gay. As he navigates the codified conventions of his new world(s), he tries simultaneously to come out and to fit in. Take the challenge and the plunge, and with Cheol-jun reap the eventual rewards. Anton Bitel
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