The Russian Novel

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Movie: The Russian Novel
Revised romanization: Rusian Soseol
Hangul: 러시안 소설
Director: Shin Youn-Shick
Writer: Shin Youn-Shick
Producer: Shin Youn-Shick
Cinematographer: Choi Yong-Jin
Release Date: September 19, 2013
Runtime: 140 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Award Winning
Distributor: KT&G Sangsangmadang
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Novelist Shin-Hyo (Kang Shin-Hyo) wakes up from a vegetative state. He realizes that he is now a legendary writer, but his novels are not that the ones he wrote. To find out who completed his novels, Shin-Hyo tries to find a person from 27 years earlier.

Cast



Kang Shin-Hyo	Kyoung Sung-Hwan	Lee Jae-Hye	Lee Kyoung-Mi
Shin-Hyo	Sung-Hwan	Jae-Hye	Kyoung-Mi

Additional Cast Members:

Lee Yoo-Mi - Yoo-Mi
Kim Jung-Pal - Jung-Suk
Lee Bit-Na - Ga-Rim
Kim In-Soo - Shin-Hyo (middle age)
Lee Hyun-Ho - Soo-Young

Trailers

Film Festivals

2012 (17th) Busan International Film Festival - October 4-13, 2012 - Korean Cinema Today - Vision *World Premiere
2013 (8th) Korean Film Festival In Paris - October 30-November 6, 2013 - Landscape

Awards

2013 (33rd) Korean Association of Film Critics Awards - November 29, 2013
- Best Screenplay (Shin Yeon-Shick)
2012 (17th) Busan International Film Festival - October 4-13, 2012
- DGK Award - Director

Comments

Motorradhermes Dec 22 2016 1:57 pm It was ok, not too good and not too bad... More or less the movie is about an aspiring novelist and the many endeavors he faces to achieve his dream.

This movie is extremely slow paced and long... and at no point does the movie pick up the pace. So what you see in the first 15-20 minutes of the movie is what the rest of the movie is like.

The plot as I described above is pretty much it. So don't expect any plot twists.

Some things you can expect are: easy to follow story, a little bit of romance, a long ass movie, and coming of age (where the characters age).

Overall, this is not a movie I would recommend to anyone. I was able to sit through the entire movie but I was just not satisfied. The movie just isn't that good to be honest.

I give this movie a 6/10

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