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The Thieves

17th(2012) Open Cinema

 

  • CountryKorea,South
  • Production Year2012
  • Running Time135min
  • Format DCP
  • ColorColor
Program Note
This is the sixth Korean film to join the club of "10 million moviegoers." The plot is woven around ten thieves who flock together to steal a rare diamond called the "Tears of the Sun." The film is a "caper movie" or a "heist film" (Sub-genre of a crime film, this category of films depicts in detail those who plunder or steal.). Commensurate with its genre, the film provides the audience with a fun moment to observe the thieves′ activities. Each character and each actor are truly attractive. Although its characters constitute the film′s attractiveness, it doesn′t mean that such attractiveness is distracting. Rather, the film makes the audience concentrate on and get into the story. What is also notable is that Korean sentiments have been added to a caper movie, which is a traditional Western genre. A case in point is the three couples in a romantic relationship (Kim Hye-soo and Kim Yun-seok / Jun Gianna and Kim Soo-hyun / Kim Hae-sook and Yam Simon). Such subplots breathe a human scent into the series of spectacles. Fortunately, all of these elements allow the film to differentiate itself from <Ocean′s Eleven>, which might look similar at first glance. (JEON Chanil)
Director
Director
Dong-hoon CHOI
Favoring diverse characters and unpredictable stories, CHOI Dong-hoon is considered the director who opened a new chapter in Korean crime film. The director debuted with heist thriller <The Big Swindle> (2004) and his follow-up <Tazza: The High Rollers> was the third highest grossing film of 2006.2009’s <Woochi> was lauded as Korea′s first superhero movie.
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Credit
  • Director Dong-hoon CHOI 최동훈
  • Producer AHN Soo-hyun
  • Cast KIM Yun-seok 김윤석, KIM Hye-soo 김혜수, LEE Jung-jae 이정재, JUN Gianna 전지현, YAM Simon 임달화, KIM Hae-sook 김해숙, OH Dal-soo 오달수, KIM Soo-hyun 김수현, TSANG Derek 증국상, LEE Sin-je 이신제
  • Screenplay CHOI Dong-hoon, LEE Ki-cheol
  • Cinematography CHOI Young-hwan
  • Production Design LEE Ha-jun
  • Editor SHIN Min-kyung
  • Sound EUN Hee-soo
  • Music JANG Young-gyu, DALPALAN
  • Production Company CAPER FILM
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  • World Sales Showbox/Mediaplex,Inc
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