It has been announced which will be the film that will represent South Korea in the shortlist for the category of Best Foreign Language Film from the Oscars, «Juvenile Offender«.
"Juvenile Offender" is the second film as director of Kang Yi-kwan, who won the 2005 Toronto Film Festival Fipresci Award for his debut feature "Sorry Apple."
South Korea will seek with this tape what would be his first nomination to the Oscar de best foreign language film, something that has not yet been achieved despite a few years of brilliant cinema in the country with filmmakers like Kim Ki-duk, who has tried on several occasions.
The film tells the story of Ji Gu, a 16-year-old juvenile delinquent who, after getting into trouble once again, is admitted to a juvenile center.Once he is released, the institution puts him in contact with his mother, who had abandoned him. When I was a kid. Together again, they will try to make up for lost time.
"Juvenile Offender" stars Seo Young-joo, Lee Jung Hyun, Jeon ye-jin y Gang rae-yeon.
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