Moon So-ri
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Career

Moon So-ri appeared in plays and short films
Short subject
A short film is any film not long enough to be considered a feature film. No consensus exists as to where that boundary is drawn: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all...

 such as Black Cut and To the Spring Mountain before finding fame as a leading actress. Her first film role was in Lee Chang-dong
Lee Chang-dong
Lee Chang-dong is a South Korean film director, screenwriter and novelist. He won the 2008 Special Director's Prize at the Asian Film Awards and has been nominated for the Golden Lion and Palme d'Or. Lee served as South Korea's Minister of Culture and Tourism from 2003 to 2004.-Life and career:Lee...

's acclaimed Peppermint Candy
Peppermint Candy
Peppermint Candy is a 1999 film, the second film from South Korean director Lee Chang-dong. The movie starts with the suicide of the protagonist and uses reverse chronology to depict some of the key events of the past 20 years of his life that led to his death.The film was received well, especially...

, however her acting skills were not really showcased until she appeared in her second film Oasis
Oasis (film)
Oasis is South Korea Lee Chang-dong's third feature film, and the last one he directed before his stint as South Korea's Minister of Culture...

, also by Lee Chang-dong
Lee Chang-dong
Lee Chang-dong is a South Korean film director, screenwriter and novelist. He won the 2008 Special Director's Prize at the Asian Film Awards and has been nominated for the Golden Lion and Palme d'Or. Lee served as South Korea's Minister of Culture and Tourism from 2003 to 2004.-Life and career:Lee...

. Her powerful portrayal of a woman with cerebral palsy earned her strong praise as well as the Marcello Mastroianni
Marcello Mastroianni
Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni, Knight Grand Cross was an Italian film actor. His honours included British Film Academy Awards, Best Actor awards at the Cannes Film Festival and two Golden Globe Awards.- Personal life :...

 Award for Best New Actor or Actress at the 2002 Venice Film Festival
Venice Film Festival
The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the...

 (Moon is only the second Korean to win a prize there, after Kang Soo-yeon
Kang Soo-yeon
Kang Soo-yeon is a South Korean actress. She was born in Seoul, South Korea and was one of the best known and internationally acclaimed stars from South Korea from the mid-eighties to the end of the nineties.-Career:...

 in 1985 for The Surrogate Woman
The Surrogate Woman
The Surrogate Woman aka Surrogate Womb aka The Surrogate Mother is a 1987 film directed by Im Kwon-taek, dealing with a love affair during the Joseon Dynasty....

). She was also named Best Actress at the 2003 Seattle International Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
The Seattle International Film Festival , held annually in Seattle, Washington since 1976, is among the top film festivals in North America. Audiences have grown steadily; the 2006 festival had 160,000 attendees...

.

The following year she again found fame in Im Sang-soo
Im Sang-soo
Im Sang-soo is an award-winning South Korean film director and screenwriter.-Early life and film career:Im was born in Seoul. He studied sociology at Seoul's Yonsei University before making a move to The Korean Academy of Film Arts in 1989...

's third film A Good Lawyer's Wife
A Good Lawyer's Wife
A Good Lawyer's Wife is a 2003 South Korean film written and directed by Im Sang-soo. The film is about the various affairs of members of a dysfunctional South Korean family.-Plot:...

. A 180-degree turn from her previous screen image, this film featured her as a free thinking woman in a decaying marriage who starts an affair with the teenage boy next door. This film was also invited to the Venice Film Festival
Venice Film Festival
The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the...

, and she later won the Best Actress award from the Stockholm International Film Festival
Stockholm International Film Festival
The Stockholm International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Stockholm, Sweden. It was launched in 1990 and has been held every year in the second half of November...

. Similar to the case with Oasis
Oasis (film)
Oasis is South Korea Lee Chang-dong's third feature film, and the last one he directed before his stint as South Korea's Minister of Culture...

, Best Actress honors at many domestic awards ceremonies followed.

In 2004, Moon starred opposite Song Kang-ho
Song Kang-ho
Song Kang-ho is a leading South Korean film actor.- Career:Song Kang-ho never professionally trained as an actor, beginning his career in social theater groups after graduating from Kimhae High School...

 in The President's Barber
The President's Barber
The President's Barber is a 2004 South Korean film directed by Lim Chan-sang. It follows a barber, his wife, and their only son through four decades of tumultuous Korean history...

, a film that illustrates 20 years of modern Korean history through the eyes of president Park Chung-hee
Park Chung-hee
Park Chung-hee was a Republic of Korea Army general and the leader of South Korea from 1961 to 1979. He seized power in a military coup and ruled until his assassination in 1979. He has been credited with the industrialization of the Republic of Korea through export-led growth...

's personal barber. She took a more central role in her next feature Sa-kwa
Sa-kwa
Sakwa is the first film by South Korean director Kang Yi-kwan and stars Moon So-ri. It premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, but was not released in its home country South Korea until late 2008....

(2005), about a woman who embarks on a new relationship after being dumped by her long-time boyfriend. Also from 2005, Bravo, My Life!
Bravo, My Life!
Bravo, My Life is a 2005 South Korean film and the fifth film by South Korean director Park Heung-Sik.The story is based on one mother and her son. She is working as cosmetic salesperson who enjoys making up strongly all the time. Young son is just like normal kid who sometimes surprised at his...

saw her return to the historical era of the late 70s/early 80s in a family drama set against the political upheaval of those times.

In 2006, she played a sexually promiscuous professor in Bewitching Attraction
Bewitching Attraction
Bewitching Attraction is the debut film by South Korean director Lee Ha about a troubled professor and her sexual escapades.-Plot:...

, as well as a disapproving sister in the critically acclaimed Family Ties
Family Ties (film)
Family Ties is the second film by South Korean director Kim Tae-Yong, known for his debut Memento Mori...

(for which she shared Best Actress honors with three castmates at the 2006 Thessaloniki Film Festival, where their film also swept Best Picture and Best Screenplay). Moon starred in her first ever TV series in 2007, the big-budget fusion historical drama Legend. She followed that with sports movie Forever the Moment
Forever the Moment
Forever the Moment is a 2008 South Korean film. It is a fictionalised account of the South Korea women's handball team which competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics...

(a sleeper hit
Sleeper hit
A sleeper hit, a.k.a. surprise hit , refers to a film, book, single, album, TV show, or video game that gains unexpected success or recognition...

 in 2008), another TV drama (about a family of siblings) and the human rights-themed Fly, Penguin in 2009. She then joined the ensemble cast of Hong Sang-soo
Hong Sang-soo
Hong Sang-soo is a South Korean film director. Hong's directorial debut, The Day a Pig Fell into the Well , was praised by South Korean critics for its originality and won international film prizes...

's Ha Ha Ha
Hahaha (film)
Hahaha is a 2010 South Korean drama film directed by Hong Sang-soo. It was entered into the 2010 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Prix Un Certain Regard.-Cast:* Kim Sang-kyung as Jo Moon-kyeong* Moon So-ri as Wang Seong-ok...

, which won the top prize in the Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...

 section of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival
2010 Cannes Film Festival
The 63rd annual Cannes Film Festival was held from May 12 to May 23, 2010, in Cannes, France. The Cannes Film Festival, hailed as being one of the most recognized and prestigious film festivals worldwide, was founded in 1946. It consists of having films screened in and out of competition during the...

.

After graduating with a degree in Education from Sungkyunkwan University
Sungkyunkwan University
Sungkyunkwan University is a private university in Seoul and Suwon, South Korea. The university has two campuses: the Humanities and Social Sciences campus in Myeongnyun Dong, Jongno-gu in central Seoul, and the Natural Sciences Campus in Cheoncheon Dong, Jangan Gu, Suwon...

, Moon became part of the theater group Hangang ("Han River") from 1995 to 1997, and debuted in the play Classroom Idea (she also collaborated in its creation). She has always expressed a desire to return to her stage roots, and did so in 2006 in Sulpun Yonguk ("Sad Play") and again in the 2010 Korean production of The Pitmen Painters
The Pitmen Painters
The Pitmen Painters is a play by Lee Hall, inspired by a book by William Feaver about the Ashington Group. Following a sell out run at both the Live Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne in 2007 and its transfer to the Royal National Theatre, and returned to the National for a limited season before heading...

.

Moon narrated My Heart is Not Broken Yet, a 2007 documentary
Documentary
A documentary is a creative work of non-fiction, including:* Documentary film, including television* Radio documentary* Documentary photographyRelated terms include:...

 on Song Sin-do
Song Sin-do
Song Sin-do is a Korean former comfort woman currently living and campaigning in Japan for an official apology from the Japanese government. She also recognises the need for the history of comfort women to be taught in Japanese schools to prevent a recurrence of the situation.-Background:Song...

 and her decade-long lawsuit against the Japanese government for an official apology towards her fellow comfort women
Comfort women
The term "comfort women" was a euphemism used to describe women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II.Estimates vary as to how many women were involved, with numbers ranging from as low as 20,000 from some Japanese scholars to as high as 410,000 from some Chinese...

. She also did voice acting
Voice acting
Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters and radio and audio dramas and comedy, as well as doing voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides.Performers are called...

 for Leafie, A Hen Into the Wild, which in 2011 became the most successful Korean animated film of the modern era, with over 2 million admissions.

She joined Konkuk University
Konkuk University
Konkuk University is a private university located in Seoul and Chungju. The Seoul campus is located in the southeastern part of Seoul, near the Han River, and is served by a metro station of the same name. The university possesses accreditation from the South Korean Ministry of Culture and Education...

's Faculty of Arts in 2011 as a professor of film studies
Film studies
Film studies is an academic discipline that deals with various theoretical, historical, and critical approaches to films. It is sometimes subsumed within media studies and is often compared to television studies...

.

In 2012 she reunites with Sol Kyung-gu
Sol Kyung-gu
Sol Kyung-gu is a Grand Bell Award, Golden Space Needle Award, and Bratislava International Film Festival Best Actor winning South Korean actor. He studied film and theater at Hanyang University and upon graduation took part in mostly theatrical productions...

 in Lee Myung-se
Lee Myung-se
Lee Myung-se is a South Korean filmmaker.Lee began his career as an assistant producer under Bae Chang-ho for the films Hwang Jin-I , Our Sweet Days of Youth , and Dream...

's spy film Mister K.

Personal life

According to Moon, her father was very strict so he never let her to go to the theater but rather forced her to read classical literary works and play classical music (she is well-versed in pansori
Pansori
Pansori is a genre of Korean traditional music. It is a vocal and percussional music performed by one sorikkun and one gosu . The term pansori is derived from pan , and sori .- Overview :...

, the violin and the gayageum
Gayageum
The gayageum or kayagum is a traditional Korean zither-like string instrument, with 12 strings, although more recently variants have been constructed with 21 or other numbers of strings. It is probably the best known traditional Korean musical instrument...

). But after seeing performances by professional actresses, she was bitten by the acting bug.

On December 24, 2006 Moon married Jang Jun-hwan
Jang Jun-hwan
Jang Jun-hwan is a South Korean film director. He is a graduate of Sungkyunkwan University. Jang's first directing job was on the short film 2001: Imagine. His feature-length debut film was the critically acclaimed cult film Save the Green Planet!...

, director of cult film
Cult film
A cult film, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film that has acquired a highly devoted but specific group of fans. Often, cult movies have failed to achieve fame outside the small fanbases; however, there have been exceptions that have managed to gain fame among mainstream audiences...

 Save the Green Planet!
Save the Green Planet!
Save the Green Planet! is a South Korean film, written and directed by Jang Jun-hwan, released on 4 April 2003 . The movie mixes elements of multiple genres, including comedy, science fiction, horror and thriller...

. Both Sungkyunkwan University
Sungkyunkwan University
Sungkyunkwan University is a private university in Seoul and Suwon, South Korea. The university has two campuses: the Humanities and Social Sciences campus in Myeongnyun Dong, Jongno-gu in central Seoul, and the Natural Sciences Campus in Cheoncheon Dong, Jangan Gu, Suwon...

 alumni, the two reportedly met when Jang directed her in the 2003 music video for Jung Jae-il's 눈물꽃 ("Flower of Tears"). After suffering a miscarriage in 2010, Moon gave birth to a daughter on August 4, 2011.

Filmography

  • Mister K (2012)
  • Ari Ari the Korean Cinema (documentary
    Documentary
    A documentary is a creative work of non-fiction, including:* Documentary film, including television* Radio documentary* Documentary photographyRelated terms include:...

    , 2011)
  • Leafie, A Hen Into the Wild (animated, 2011)
  • The Housemaid
    The Housemaid (2010 film)
    The Housemaid is a 2010 South Korean melodramatic thriller film directed by Im Sang-soo. The story focuses on Eun-yi, played by Jeon Do-yeon, who becomes involved in a destructive love triangle while working as a housemaid for an upper-class family. Other cast members include Lee Jung-jae, Seo...

    (2010) (cameo
    Cameo appearance
    A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...

    )
  • Ha Ha Ha
    Hahaha (film)
    Hahaha is a 2010 South Korean drama film directed by Hong Sang-soo. It was entered into the 2010 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Prix Un Certain Regard.-Cast:* Kim Sang-kyung as Jo Moon-kyeong* Moon So-ri as Wang Seong-ok...

    (2010)
  • A Little Pond (2010)
  • The End (short, 2009)
  • Fly, Penguin (2009)
  • Like You Know It All (2009) (voice cameo
    Cameo appearance
    A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...

    )
  • My Life's Golden Age (TV, 2008-2009)
  • Forever the Moment
    Forever the Moment
    Forever the Moment is a 2008 South Korean film. It is a fictionalised account of the South Korea women's handball team which competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics...

    (2008)
  • Legend (TV, 2007)
  • My Heart is Not Broken Yet (documentary
    Documentary
    A documentary is a creative work of non-fiction, including:* Documentary film, including television* Radio documentary* Documentary photographyRelated terms include:...

    , 2007) (narrator)
  • Family Ties
    Family Ties (film)
    Family Ties is the second film by South Korean director Kim Tae-Yong, known for his debut Memento Mori...

    (2006)
  • Bewitching Attraction
    Bewitching Attraction
    Bewitching Attraction is the debut film by South Korean director Lee Ha about a troubled professor and her sexual escapades.-Plot:...

    (2006)
  • The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema (documentary
    Documentary
    A documentary is a creative work of non-fiction, including:* Documentary film, including television* Radio documentary* Documentary photographyRelated terms include:...

    , 2005)
  • Sa-kwa
    Sa-kwa
    Sakwa is the first film by South Korean director Kang Yi-kwan and stars Moon So-ri. It premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, but was not released in its home country South Korea until late 2008....

    (2005)
  • Bravo, My Life!
    Bravo, My Life!
    Bravo, My Life is a 2005 South Korean film and the fifth film by South Korean director Park Heung-Sik.The story is based on one mother and her son. She is working as cosmetic salesperson who enjoys making up strongly all the time. Young son is just like normal kid who sometimes surprised at his...

    (2005)
  • The President's Barber
    The President's Barber
    The President's Barber is a 2004 South Korean film directed by Lim Chan-sang. It follows a barber, his wife, and their only son through four decades of tumultuous Korean history...

    (2004)
  • A Good Lawyer's Wife
    A Good Lawyer's Wife
    A Good Lawyer's Wife is a 2003 South Korean film written and directed by Im Sang-soo. The film is about the various affairs of members of a dysfunctional South Korean family.-Plot:...

    (2003)
  • Oasis
    Oasis (film)
    Oasis is South Korea Lee Chang-dong's third feature film, and the last one he directed before his stint as South Korea's Minister of Culture...

    (2002)
  • To the Spring Mountain (short, 2001)
  • Plan 19 from Outer Space (short, 2001)
  • Peppermint Candy
    Peppermint Candy
    Peppermint Candy is a 1999 film, the second film from South Korean director Lee Chang-dong. The movie starts with the suicide of the protagonist and uses reverse chronology to depict some of the key events of the past 20 years of his life that led to his death.The film was received well, especially...

    (2000)
  • Black Cut (short, 2000)

Awards

  • 2010 Buil Film Awards
    Buil Film Awards
    The Buil Film Awards is a South Korean film awards ceremony hosted by the Busan Ilbo newspaper. The awards began in 1958 and were held annually until 1973...

     - Best Actress (Ha Ha Ha
    Hahaha (film)
    Hahaha is a 2010 South Korean drama film directed by Hong Sang-soo. It was entered into the 2010 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Prix Un Certain Regard.-Cast:* Kim Sang-kyung as Jo Moon-kyeong* Moon So-ri as Wang Seong-ok...

    )
  • 2008 MBC
    Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
    Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC (Hangul : 문화방송주식회사, Munhwa Bangsong Jushikoesa) is one of four major national South Korean television and radio networks. Munhwa is the Korean word for "culture". Its flagship terrestrial television...

     Drama Awards - Best Actress, Excellence Award (My Life's Golden Age)
  • 2006 Thessaloniki Film Festival - Best Actress (Family Ties
    Family Ties (film)
    Family Ties is the second film by South Korean director Kim Tae-Yong, known for his debut Memento Mori...

    )
  • 2004 Max Movie Awards - Best Actress (A Good Lawyer's Wife
    A Good Lawyer's Wife
    A Good Lawyer's Wife is a 2003 South Korean film written and directed by Im Sang-soo. The film is about the various affairs of members of a dysfunctional South Korean family.-Plot:...

    )
  • 2004 Grand Bell Awards
    Grand Bell Awards
    The Grand Bell Awards is an awards ceremony presented annually by The Motion Pictures Association of Korea for excellence in film in South Korea....

     - Best Actress (A Good Lawyer's Wife
    A Good Lawyer's Wife
    A Good Lawyer's Wife is a 2003 South Korean film written and directed by Im Sang-soo. The film is about the various affairs of members of a dysfunctional South Korean family.-Plot:...

    )
  • 2003 Women in Film Korea Awards - Best Actress (A Good Lawyer's Wife
    A Good Lawyer's Wife
    A Good Lawyer's Wife is a 2003 South Korean film written and directed by Im Sang-soo. The film is about the various affairs of members of a dysfunctional South Korean family.-Plot:...

    )
  • 2003 Korean Film Awards
    Korean Film Awards
    The Korean Film Award is a South Korean film awards ceremony hosted by the MBC.-Awards:The categories are*Best Film*Best Director*Best New Director*Best Leading Actor*Best Leading Actress*Best Supporting Actor*Best Supporting Actress...

     - Best Actress (A Good Lawyer's Wife
    A Good Lawyer's Wife
    A Good Lawyer's Wife is a 2003 South Korean film written and directed by Im Sang-soo. The film is about the various affairs of members of a dysfunctional South Korean family.-Plot:...

    )
  • 2003 Chunsa Film Art Awards
    Chunsa Film Art Awards
    The Chunsa Film Art Awards have been presented in South Korea since the founding of the prize by the Korea Film Directors' Society. The awards take their name from pen-name of the early Korean actor and filmmaker, Na Woon-gyu. Prizes are given for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress and Best...

     - Best Actress (A Good Lawyer's Wife
    A Good Lawyer's Wife
    A Good Lawyer's Wife is a 2003 South Korean film written and directed by Im Sang-soo. The film is about the various affairs of members of a dysfunctional South Korean family.-Plot:...

    )
  • 2003 Pusan Film Critics Awards
    Pusan Film Critics Awards
    The Pusan Film Critics Awards have been presented in South Korea since the founding of the prize by the Korea Pusan Film Critics Association. The winners of the awards are announced yearly just prior to the Pusan International Film Festival...

     - Best Actress (A Good Lawyer's Wife
    A Good Lawyer's Wife
    A Good Lawyer's Wife is a 2003 South Korean film written and directed by Im Sang-soo. The film is about the various affairs of members of a dysfunctional South Korean family.-Plot:...

    )
  • 2003 Stockholm International Film Festival
    Stockholm International Film Festival
    The Stockholm International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Stockholm, Sweden. It was launched in 1990 and has been held every year in the second half of November...

     - Best Actress (A Good Lawyer's Wife
    A Good Lawyer's Wife
    A Good Lawyer's Wife is a 2003 South Korean film written and directed by Im Sang-soo. The film is about the various affairs of members of a dysfunctional South Korean family.-Plot:...

    )
  • 2003 Seattle International Film Festival
    Seattle International Film Festival
    The Seattle International Film Festival , held annually in Seattle, Washington since 1976, is among the top film festivals in North America. Audiences have grown steadily; the 2006 festival had 160,000 attendees...

     - Best Actress (Oasis
    Oasis (film)
    Oasis is South Korea Lee Chang-dong's third feature film, and the last one he directed before his stint as South Korea's Minister of Culture...

    )
  • 2002 Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism: Okgwan Order of Culture Merit in Film Development
  • 2002 Director's Cut Awards - Best New Actress (Oasis
    Oasis (film)
    Oasis is South Korea Lee Chang-dong's third feature film, and the last one he directed before his stint as South Korea's Minister of Culture...

    )
  • 2002 Korean Film Awards
    Korean Film Awards
    The Korean Film Award is a South Korean film awards ceremony hosted by the MBC.-Awards:The categories are*Best Film*Best Director*Best New Director*Best Leading Actor*Best Leading Actress*Best Supporting Actor*Best Supporting Actress...

     - Best Actress (Oasis
    Oasis (film)
    Oasis is South Korea Lee Chang-dong's third feature film, and the last one he directed before his stint as South Korea's Minister of Culture...

    )
  • 2002 Korean Film Awards
    Korean Film Awards
    The Korean Film Award is a South Korean film awards ceremony hosted by the MBC.-Awards:The categories are*Best Film*Best Director*Best New Director*Best Leading Actor*Best Leading Actress*Best Supporting Actor*Best Supporting Actress...

     - Best New Actress (Oasis
    Oasis (film)
    Oasis is South Korea Lee Chang-dong's third feature film, and the last one he directed before his stint as South Korea's Minister of Culture...

    )
  • 2002 Korean Critics' Choice Awards - Best Actress (Oasis
    Oasis (film)
    Oasis is South Korea Lee Chang-dong's third feature film, and the last one he directed before his stint as South Korea's Minister of Culture...

    )
  • 2002 Chunsa Film Art Awards
    Chunsa Film Art Awards
    The Chunsa Film Art Awards have been presented in South Korea since the founding of the prize by the Korea Film Directors' Society. The awards take their name from pen-name of the early Korean actor and filmmaker, Na Woon-gyu. Prizes are given for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress and Best...

     - Best Actress (Oasis
    Oasis (film)
    Oasis is South Korea Lee Chang-dong's third feature film, and the last one he directed before his stint as South Korea's Minister of Culture...

    )
  • 2002 Blue Dragon Film Awards
    Blue Dragon Film Awards
    The Blue Dragon Film Awards is an annual awards ceremony that is presented annually by Sports Chosun for excellence in film in South Korea....

     - Best New Actress (Oasis
    Oasis (film)
    Oasis is South Korea Lee Chang-dong's third feature film, and the last one he directed before his stint as South Korea's Minister of Culture...

    )
  • 2002 Venice Film Festival
    Venice Film Festival
    The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the...

     - Marcello Mastroianni
    Marcello Mastroianni
    Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni, Knight Grand Cross was an Italian film actor. His honours included British Film Academy Awards, Best Actor awards at the Cannes Film Festival and two Golden Globe Awards.- Personal life :...

     Award for Best New Actor or Actress (Oasis
    Oasis (film)
    Oasis is South Korea Lee Chang-dong's third feature film, and the last one he directed before his stint as South Korea's Minister of Culture...

    )

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