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The Host
Mon, Oct 17 | 7:30pm | TMT
Oscar-winning director Bong Joon-ho's third feature film, The Host , is a monster blockbuster starring Song Kang-ho ( Parasite ) as Park Gang-du. The film begins with a US military doctor (the late Scott Wilson) ordering his assistant to illegally dump toxic chemicals down a drain that leads to the Han River. Sev- eral years later, a mutated monster emerges from the river to wreak havoc on Seoul. When the monster abducts his daughter, Gang-du and his squabbling family band together to rescue her. Equal parts creature feature, dysfunctional family comedy, and political satire, The Host is a monumental work.
DIRECTOR: Bong Joon-ho.
WRITTEN BY: Bong Joon-ho, Ha Won-jun, Baek Chul-hyun. CAST: Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Doona. 2006. 120 min. South Korea. Color. Korean. Rated R. 35mm.
Bedevilled
Sat, Oct 22 | 3pm | TMT
Longtime assistant director to Kim Ki-duk, Jang Cheol-soo's debut feature Bedevilled is a horror thriller set in Moo-do, a remote island of nine residents, where Bok-nam (Seo Young-hee from The Chaser ) is treated like a slave by her husband and the rest of the Moo-do residents. Tired of the relentless torture and abuse, Bok-nam plans an escape with her daughter, which ends in tragedy, leaving her in absolute despair. Driven by brutal rage, Bok-nam must seek revenge on those who have been “unkind” to her.
DIRECTOR: Jang Cheol-soo.
WRITTEN BY: Choi Kwang-young.
CAST: Seo Young-hee, Ji Sung-won, Park Jeong-hak, Bae Seong-woo. 2010. 115 min. South Korea. Color. Scope. Korean. 35mm.
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