Archive Cinema City 2008.

Bakha Satang

Peppermint Candy

Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea / Japan
Year: 1999.
Duration: 129 min

Director: Lee Chang-Dong
Scenario: Lee Chang-Dong

Cast: Kim Yeo-Jin, Sol Kyung-Gu, Moon So-Ri

Programme selection: Chang-Dong Lee

Synopsis:
A brutal story of a sinister cop that begins with his suicide and uses reverse chronology, similar to later films Memento and Irréversible, to depict some of the key events of the past 20 years of his life that led to his death.

Official site

Nominations:
Grand Prix, 2000 Bratislava International Film Festival
Grand Prix Asturias, 2000 Gijón International Film Festival
Crystal Globe, 2000 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Awards:
Best Actor (Sol Kyung-Gu), Special Jury Prize, 2000 Bratislava International Film Festival
Grand Bell Award, 2000 Grand Bell Awards, South Korea
Don Quijote Award, Netpac Award - Special Mention, Special Prize of the Jury, 2000 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival


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