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
Film poster
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationChwihwaseon
McCune–ReischauerCh'wihwasǒn
Directed byIm Kwon-taek
Written byKwon-taek Im
Do-ol
Byung-sam Min
Produced byLee Tae-won
StarringChoi Min-sik
Ahn Sung-ki
Yoo Ho-jeong
CinematographyJeong Il-seong
Edited byPark Sun-deok
Music byKim Young-dong
Distributed byCinema Service
Release date
  • May 10, 2002 (2002-05-10)
Running time
117 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
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

Awards
Award Category Recipient(s) Result
23rd Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Film Chi-hwa-seon Won [2]
Best Director Im Kwon-taek Won
Best Leading Actor Choi Min-sik Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Kim Yeo-jin Nominated
Best Cinematography Jung Il-sung Won
55th Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or Im Kwon-taek Nominated
Best Director Won [3]
Belgian Syndicate of Cinema Critics Grand Prix Won [4]
Camerimage Golden Frog Jung Il-sung Nominated
28th César Awards Best Foreign Film Chi-hwa-seon Nominated
3rd Busan Film Critics Awards Best Supporting Actress Kim Yeo-jin Won
Best Cinematography Jung Il-sung Won
Chicago International Film Festival Gold Hugo Im Kwon-taek Nominated
22nd Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Best Cinematography Jung Il-sung Won
  • In 2020, the film was ranked by The Guardian number 13 among the classics of modern South Korean cinema.[5]

References
  1. "Chihwaseon (2003) - Box Office Mojo". Archived from the original on 2018-03-17. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  2. Awards based on "Awards for Chihwaseon (2002)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
  3. "Festival de Cannes: Chi-hwa-seon". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
  4. "Kim Ki-duk, Grand Prix de l'UCC". La Libre Belgique (in French). January 9, 2006. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
  5. Bradshaw, Peter (13 February 2020). "Classics of modern South Korean cinema – ranked!". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 May 2020.

Sources
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.