THE WAILING Picks Up Jury Prize at Florence Korea Film Fest
Apr 13, 2017
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by Pierce Conran
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Audience Award Goes to LUCK-KEY in Italy
The 15th Florence Korea Film Fest wound to a close on April 6th with a screening of closing film THE NET by veteran indie director KIM Ki-duk. In addition to the screening, the festival annual awards were handed out. These included the Jury Award, which was unanimously given to NA Hong-jin’s THE WAILING, and the Audience Award, sponsored by Asiana Airline, which was picked up by the comedy LUCK-KEY from director LEE Gae-byok.
THE WAILING, the third work from director NA following The Chaser (2008) and The Yellow Sea (2010), debuted Out of Competition at the Cannes Film Festival and was a major critical and commercial hit in Korea, accruing 6.88 million viewers (USD 49.5 million). The body swap action-comedy LUCK-KEY, with YOO Hae-jin and LEE Joon, was an unexpected success last year, drawing a stellar 6.96 million viewers (USD 50.04 million) to cinemas. The film was adapted from the Japanese title Key of Life (2012).