Green Chair
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Green Chair is a South Korea
n movie directed by Park Chul-soo
, that was released in 2005
. It is about an affair between an attractive thirty-two-year-old woman and a youth just short of legal majority
. Interlaced with explicit scenes of love making, the movie watches the two lovers trying to come to grips with their mutual attraction, sexuality and societal disapproval.
This Mirovision film is in color on 35 mm film and runs 98 minutes. The production budget was US$2,000,000.
It was a 2005 Sundance Film Festival
Official Selection, a 2005 Berlin Film Festival selection and was also shown as the opening movie at the Los Angeles Korean International Film Festival in the same year. A DVD with English and Korean sub-titles came out in 2005 and is accompanied by a second disk on making of the film. Running time is listed as 103 minutes.
ImaginAsian
Pictures acquired the rights for the film in North America. A release is expected in late 2007.
Kim is arrested and has to spend a few days in prison for seduction of minors, before she is set free and sentenced to do some hours of community service. After being released, the press and Seo-hyun wait for her outside of the prison.
Mun-hee and Seo-hyun rent a room and stay there for some time, where they spend almost all of their time having sex. Mun-hee slowly starts to understand that this kind of relationship won't work forever, and wants to split up with Seo-hyun. But the boy insists that he really loves her, and that he won't let her go. The two find shelter at the home of a friend of Mun-hee, Jane
Cast:
South Korea
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n movie directed by Park Chul-soo
Park Chul-soo
Park Chul-soo is a South Korean film director, producer, screen writer and occasional actor. He was born in Daegu, South Korea. After graduating Daegu Commercial high school, Park studied at the department of Economics of Sungkyunkwan University with scholarship...
, that was released in 2005
2005 in film
- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...
. It is about an affair between an attractive thirty-two-year-old woman and a youth just short of legal majority
Age of majority
The age of majority is the threshold of adulthood as it is conceptualized in law. It is the chronological moment when minors cease to legally be considered children and assume control over their persons, actions, and decisions, thereby terminating the legal control and legal responsibilities of...
. Interlaced with explicit scenes of love making, the movie watches the two lovers trying to come to grips with their mutual attraction, sexuality and societal disapproval.
This Mirovision film is in color on 35 mm film and runs 98 minutes. The production budget was US$2,000,000.
It was a 2005 Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
Official Selection, a 2005 Berlin Film Festival selection and was also shown as the opening movie at the Los Angeles Korean International Film Festival in the same year. A DVD with English and Korean sub-titles came out in 2005 and is accompanied by a second disk on making of the film. Running time is listed as 103 minutes.
ImaginAsian
ImaginAsian
ImaginAsian Entertainment is a multi-media company based in New York City. Its main feature is a television network, iaTV, which premiered in 2004 and which focuses on entertainment featuring people of East Asian and South East Asian descent. There is also some South Asian content...
Pictures acquired the rights for the film in North America. A release is expected in late 2007.
Plot
Kim Mun-hee is a 32 year old divorced woman. She eventually engages in an affair with 19 year old Seo-hyun, who considers Kim to be his first love. However, according to Korean law, when it comes to sex, you are not of full age until 20 (the actual age of consent in South Korea is 13, but many South Korean people are not aware).Kim is arrested and has to spend a few days in prison for seduction of minors, before she is set free and sentenced to do some hours of community service. After being released, the press and Seo-hyun wait for her outside of the prison.
Mun-hee and Seo-hyun rent a room and stay there for some time, where they spend almost all of their time having sex. Mun-hee slowly starts to understand that this kind of relationship won't work forever, and wants to split up with Seo-hyun. But the boy insists that he really loves her, and that he won't let her go. The two find shelter at the home of a friend of Mun-hee, Jane
Cast:
- Seo Jung (as Ms. Kim)
- Shim Ji-ho (as 19-year-old Hyun)
- Oh Yun-hong (as Jean)