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ARCHIVE

24th(2022)



A Quiet Dream

ZHANG Lu

  • South Korea
  • 2016
  • 102min
  • DCP
  • color/black and white

SYNOPSIS

There are three men: Ikjune, an old-fashioned gangster; Jong-bin, a son of great wealth; and the clumsy Jeong-beom. Yeri, who is loved by all of them, runs Hometown Bar, their oasis. Then one day, a new man appears at Yeri¡¯s bar.

PROGRAM NOTE

How did Yeri open a bar named Hometown Bar in Susaek-dong? The village is at the end of a tunnel, and this small bar is always visited by familiar neighbors. In this small and shabby place, Yeri is like an angel and poem herself. People who need to be looked after are always near her. Her comatose father is in his bed. Cats on the street only react to her. Also, three men have faults like broken machines: old-fashioned gangster Ikjune¡¯s life gets twisted because he can¡¯t keep himself from laughing. North Korean defector Jeong-beom is fired because his eyes seem sad. Jong-bin is naive about everything and often has seizures. Yeri dreams of a man with a sound mind in a sound body, so the three do not fit her. However, she decides to embrace ¡°her men¡± a step off, rather than refusing their persistent efforts to win her heart. She sometimes waves and smiles, but sometimes she scolds them with a serious face. Yang Ikjune, Park Jeong-beom, and Yoon Jong-bin intentionally use their previous images from Breathless (2009), The Journals of Musan (2010), and The Unforgiven (2005), respectively. On the other hand, Han Yeri enjoys the freedom of not belonging anywhere; flexibility crossing over lucky dreams and nightmares as well as stubbornness refusing to stay with mysterious characters. Han widens the borders of the film¡¯s reality and fantasy in unexpected ways. [CHA Hanbi]

Director

  • ZHANG LuZHANG Lu

    Lu¡¯s career started with the short film Eleven (2000) being invited to the Venice IFF. Tang Shi (2003) was his first feature. He was the New Currents Awardee at the Busan IFF for Grain In Ear (2005). The film Hyazgar, Desert Dream (2007) competed at the Berlinale, and Dooman River (2009) was selected for the generation section of Berlinale. Lu has also directed Chongqing (2007), Iri (2008), Gyeongju (2013), and Fukuoka (2019).

Credit

  • ProducerJO Leila
  • Cast HAN Yeri, YANG Ik-june, PARK Jeong-beom
  • Screenwriter ZHANG Lu
  • Cinematography CHO Young-jik
  • Art director KIM Cho-hea
  • Editor LEE Hak-min
  • Music BEK Hyun-jin