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New Year Blues

Korean Cinema Today

  • CountryKorea
  • Production Year2021
  • Running Time115min
  • FormatDCP
  • ColorColor
Program Note
Although only one digit in the year has changed, it still feels as though the world has changed. So much so that there is a kind of excitement in the expression ′New Year.′ The film New Year Blues depicts the stories of four couples leading up to the new year: Detective Jiho (Kim Kang-woo), who divorced four years ago, and Hyoyoung (Yoo In-na), a rehab trainer filing for divorce; Jinah (Lee Yeon-hee), who left for Argentina after receiving a breakup notice from her boyfriend, and Jaeheon (Yoo Yeon-seok), who is delivering wine in Argentina; Yongchan (Lee Dong-hwi), the CEO of a travel agency, and his Chinese fiancée, Yao Lin (Chen Du-ling); Raewhan (Yoo Teo), a member of the national snowboarding team at the Paralympics, and Ohwol(Choi Soo-young), a gardener who comforts Raewhan like the sunshine. Following the romcom, Marriage Blue (2013), Director Hong Ji-young has woven a beautiful and lovely cloth with various threads of stories. In addition to familiar and sympathetic developments and warm visuals, the actors′outstanding chemistry adds to the fun to watch. (SONG Kyung-won)
Director
Director
HONG Ji-young
After graduating from the 14th Class of the Korean Academy of Film Arts, Hong Ji-young first gained notoriety with her feature, The Naked Kitchen (2009). The film was invited to various overseas film festival, including the Berlin Film Festival. She met the audience with two films, Horror Stories and Modern Family in 2012, and received public acclaim for Marriage Blue (2013), which depicts the complex psychology of couples who are about to get married. Hong also directed Will You Be There? (2016), the cinematized version of Guillaume Musso's bestseller of the same name. New Year Blues, which deals with the romantic week of four couples ahead of the new year, is a production that reflects the director's unique and delicate sensibilities.
Credit
  • Director
    HONG Ji-young
  • ProducerJin-soo MIN
  • CastKang-woo KIM
    In-na YOO
    Yeon-seok YOO
    Yeon-hee LEE
    Dong-hwi LEE
    Du-ling CHEN
    Hye-ran YEOM
    Soo-young CHOI
    Teo YOO
  • ScreenplayMyeong-ju KO
    Hyeon-kyeong HAM
  • CinematographySeung-cheol OH
  • Production DesignIm CHOI
  • EditorMin-kyung SHIN
  • SoundTae-won GONG
  • MusicJi-soo LEE
  • Production CompanySOOFILM
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  • World SalesACEMAKER MOVIEWORKS
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