Chi-hwa-seon
Chi-hwa-seon or Chwi-hwa-seon, (also known as Painted Fire, Strokes of Fire or Drunk on Women and Poetry), is a 2002 South Korean drama film directed by Im Kwon-taek about Jang Seung-eop (commonly known by his pen name, Owon), a nineteenth-century Korean painter who changed the direction of Korean art.
| Chi-hwa-seon | |
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 Film poster | |
| Hangul | 취화선 |
| Hanja | 醉畫仙 |
| Revised Romanization | Chwihwaseon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'wihwasǒn |
| Directed by | Im Kwon-taek |
| Produced by | Lee Tae-won |
| Written by | Kwon-taek Im Do-ol Byung-sam Min |
| Starring | Choi Min-sik Ahn Sung-ki Yoo Ho-jeong |
| Music by | Kim Young-dong |
| Cinematography | Jeong Il-seong |
| Edited by | Park Sun-deok |
| Distributed by | Cinema Service |
Release date |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | $6.9 million[1] |
Synopsis
It begins with the Korean artist being suspicious of a Japanese art-lover who values his work. The story then goes back to his man's early years. Beginning as a vagabond with a talent for drawing, he has a talent for imitating other people's art, but is urged to go on and develop a style of his own. This process is painful and he often behaves very badly, getting drunk and being hostile to those who care about him and try to help him.
These events are set against the struggle for reform within Korea, caught between China and Japan (annexed by Japan in 1910, outside the film's time-frame).
Cast
- Choi Min-sik as Jang Seung-up
- Ahn Sung-ki as Kim Byung-Moon
- Yoo Ho-jeong as Mae-hyang
- Kim Yeo-jin as Jin-jong
- Son Ye-jin as So-woon
Awards
- Best Film; Blue Dragon Film Awards[2]
- Best Director; 2002 Cannes Film Festival[3]
- Grand Prix; Belgian Syndicate of Cinema Critics[4]
- In 2020, the film was ranked by The Guardian number 13 among the classics of modern South Korean cinema.[5]
Nominations
- Golden Frog; Jung Il-sung
- Golden Palm; Im Kwon-taek
- César Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
References
- https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=chihwaseon.htm
- Awards based on "Awards for Chihwaseon (2002)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- "Festival de Cannes: Chi-hwa-seon". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
- "Kim Ki-duk, Grand Prix de l'UCC". La Libre Belgique (in French). January 9, 2006. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
- Bradshaw, Peter. "Classics of modern South Korean cinema – ranked!". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
Sources
- Distributor's page
- "Im Kwon-taek's Retrospective". Koreafilmfes. 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
- James, David (March 2003). "Chihwaseon: Review". Film Comment. 39 (2). pp. 75–76.
- Johnston, Sheila (2002-06-14). "Master's art of observation". Screen International (1359). p. 24.
- Kim, So-young. "Korean Film History and 'Chihwaseon'" (PDF). Korean Film Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-02. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
- LeMarie, Yannick; Michel Ciment; Hubert Niogret (December 2002). "Im Kwon-taek (Review of Chihwaseon and Interview)". Positif (in French) (502). pp. 4–5, 9–14.
- MacNab, Geoffrey (June 2003). "Chihwaseon Drunk on Women and Poetry". Sight & Sound. 13 (6): 40–41. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
- Morrison, Alan (July 2003). "The reviews". Empire. p. 52.
- Ralske, Josh. "Chihwaseon". Allmovie. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- "Rushes: the bigger picture: portrait of the artist". Sight and Sound. 13 (6). June 2003. pp. 4–5.
- Stratton, David (2002-06-03). "Film Reviews". Variety. p. 22.
External links
- Chihwaseon on IMDb
- Review at koreanfilm.org