Korean Cultural Service NY
and
Asia Society NY
co-present
Korean Movie Night New York's April - May 2015 Series
Emerging Talent
Alive
Directed by Park Jung-bum
Starring: Lee Seung-yeon, Park Jung-bum, Park Myeong-hoon
2014. South Korea. 175 minutes
In Korean with English subtitles
When: Wednesday, May 27th @ 6:30 pm
Where: The Lila Acheson Wallace Auditorium at Asia Society
725 Park Avenue at 70th Street, NYC
Free Admission; all seating is first come, first served.
Doors open @ 6 pm
East Coast Premiere
The last film in Korean Movie Night NY's Emerging Talent film series is Alive, which will be shown next Thursday, May 27th, 2015.
A follow up to Park Jung-bum’s powerful debut neorealist drama The Journals of Musan, Alive is a continuation of the director/writer/actor’s exploration of the issues of poverty, inequality, and human suffering in contemporary capitalist societies. In this film, he portrays a construction worker in the Gangwon province who tries to make ends meet and support his mentally unstable sister and young niece. The more effort he puts into improving their living condition, the more odds stack up against him. The film offers a powerful portrait of survival in the worst circumstances and conveys Park’s compassion for those struggling on the margins of society.
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