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Pruning
the Grapevine


Dir. Min Boung-hun
35mm/ color/ 115min/ Fiction/ South Korea

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* 11th Pusan International Film Festival (2006)
* 42nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Competition (2007)
* 2007 Montreal World Film Festival (2007)

 
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  Synopsis

Soo-hyeon, a student at Catholic Theological Seminary, decides to pull himself together and focus on his studies after breaking up from his girlfriend, Sua.

One day he receives the news of his mother¡¯s illness, and with the permission from school authority, he spends a night at home.  The next day, he departs for the train station but finds himself unable to take a school-bound train, heading instead for his ex-girlfriend, Sua.  He is dispirited from Sua¡¯s adamant unwillingness to see him.  Back in school, Soo-hyeon makes the difficult decision to quit studying, but is persuaded to go to a monastery for a spiritual purification retreat by the rector. 

As for Soo-hyeon, his tranquil adjustment to the life in monastery is abruptly brought to an end when he meets Helena at a mass, whose strikingly resemblance to Sua stirs up old emotions.  He grows even more confused upon hearing the shocking news of Sua¡¯s sudden death.
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  Dir. Min Boung-hun 

Min Boung-hun was born in 1969 in Korea. He graduated from the Russian State Institute of Cinema, majoring in Cinematography. His first feature film ¡®The Flight of the Bee¡¯ won various international awards including the Best Feature Film award, FIPRESCI Award, Audience Award at the 16th Torino Film Festival. His second feature film ¡®Let¡¯s Not Cry!¡¯ also won the FIPRESCI award and Special mention award at the 37th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. 

Filmography
    2001 Let¡¯s Not Cry! 35mm/ color/ 108min./ feature film
              - 37th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
                (FIPRESCI Award, Special mention Award)
              - 43th International Thessaloniki Film Festival
                (Artistic Achievement Award)
    1998 The Flight of the Bee 35mm/ B&W/ 90min./ feature film
              - 16th Torino Film Festival
                (Best Feature Film Award, FIPRESCI Award, Audience Award)
              - 39th International Thessaloniki Film Festival
                (Silver Alexander Award)
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  CREDIT LIST

Cast


Seo Jang-won
Key Joo-bong
Lee Min-jung

Staff


Executive Producer        Son Hyeon-wook
Producer                          Seo Jong-hwan
Screenplay                      Min Boung-hun, Ruy Dong-sik
Cinematography            Kim Hyung-ju
Lighting                            Lee Dong-sup
Editing                              Min Buong-hun, Park Hyun-chul
Music                                Song Hyun-ju
Sound                               Lim Hyung-ju
Art                                      Kim Hee-jae
Costumes                       Seong Young-lim
Make-up                           Lee Myung-hee
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