Beautiful Days (film)

Beautiful Days
Main poster
Hangul 뷰티풀 데이즈
Revised Romanization Byutipul Deijeu
Directed by Jéro Yun
Produced by Kim Hyun-woo
Written by Jéro Yun
Starring Lee Na-young
Jang Dong-yoon
Music by Mathieu Regnault
Cinematography Kim Jong-sun
Edited by Jéro Yun
Production
company
Peppermint & Company
Release date
  • October 4, 2018 (2018-10-04) (BIFF)
  • November 2018 (2018-11) (South Korea)
Running time
 104 minutes[1]
Country South Korea
France
Language Korean

Beautiful Days (Hangul: 뷰티풀 데이즈; RR: Byutipul Deijeu) is a 2018 South Korean drama film starring Lee Na-young, Jang Dong-yoon and Oh Kwang-rok.

The film premiered as the opening film of the 23rd edition of the Busan International Film Festival on October 4, 2018.[2][3][4] It will be released in theaters in November 2018.[5]

Plot

The film follows the life of a North Korean defector who gives birth to a son at a young age and abandons her husband and child for a better life abroad.

Cast

Production

Beautiful Days is director Jéro Yun's debut feature film and lead actress Lee Na-young's first film in 5 years.[6]

The film began production on October 31, 2017. Filming wrapped on November 26, 2017.[6]

Reception

In Variety, Peter Debruge says, "Lee Na-young impresses as a North Korean woman tracked down by her long-since-abandoned son".[7] Reviewing it for Screendaily, Wendy Ide noted the film as being structurally a little over-complicated, but still is an impressive drama which feels convincingly rooted in real lives and stories.[8]

Clarence Tsui of The Hollywood Reporter writes, "Beautiful Days certainly lives up to its title with its mesmerizing imagery and very polished production values. But it is weighed down by a cliched narrative and simplistic moral binaries".[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Beautiful Days". www.biff.kr. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  2. ↑ "'Beautiful Days' to open 23rd BIFF". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  3. ↑ Kil, Sonia (4 September 2018). "Busan Festival to Open With North Korea Drama 'Beautiful Days'". Variety. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Busan to open with North Korean refugee drama 'Beautiful Days'". Screen. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  5. ↑ "이나영 복귀작 '뷰티풀데이즈', 11월 개봉 확정". 중앙일보 (in Korean). September 17, 2018. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 "Lee Jung-joon to star in 'Beautiful Days - 2017' with Lee Na-young". HanCinema. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  7. ↑ Debruge, Peter (October 4, 2018). "Busan Film Review: 'Beautiful Days'". Variety. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  8. ↑ "'Beautiful Days': Busan Review". Screen. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  9. ↑ "'Beautiful Days' ('Byu-ti-pul de-i-jeu'): Film Review | Busan 2018". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 8, 2018.


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