Hello, Stranger
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- Movie: Hello, Stranger
- Revised romanization: Cheo-eum Man-nan Sa-ram-deul
- Hangul: 처음 만난 사람들
- Director: Dong-won Kim
- Writer: Dong-hyeon Kim
- Producer: Jin-su Park
- Cinematographer: Jeong-ok Oh
- Release Date: April 30, 2009
- Runtime: 112 min.
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Plot
Jin-wook is a North Korean defector who has just completed education at the center for North Korean adjustment to South Korean life. After moving into his first Seoul apartment, Jin-wook goes out to a wholesale market to buy blankets and his shocked at the excessives of South Korean capitalism. Getting lost on the way home, he asks for help from Hye-jeong, who doesn’t know where Jin-wook’s apartment is either. The two end up wandering all night long. On another day, Jin-wook meets Ting-woon, an illegal immigrant from Vietnam on his way to Pusan to see his ex-girlfriend, a meeting that turns out to be an ill-fated reunion. That night Jin-wook and Ting-woon had a heart-to-heart talk in a motel even though Ting-woon is not capable of speaking Korean...
Cast
- Park In-Su
- Choi Hee-Jin
- Quang Su
- Kim Jin-Hyeok
- Kim Min-Kyung - Madame Yang
- Jin Yong-Ok - Won-Suk
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Film Festivals
- 2007 (12th) Pusan International Film Festival - October 4th-12th - Korean Cinema Today - Vision (World Premiere)
Awards
- "NETPAC Award" - 2007 (12th) Pusan International Film Festival - October 4th-12th
