NIGHT IN PARADISE to Debut at Venice International Film Festival
Aug 05, 2020
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by Pierce Conran
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Director PARK Hoon-jung Makes Lido Debut with Out of Competition Invite
Though the Cannes Film Festival was forced to forgo staging an offline event this year, the Venice International Film Festival is set to return to the Lido in September and it will be bringing a new Korean film with it. Making his Venice debut will be Director PARK Hoon-jung, whose Night in Paradise (2019) will have its world premiere as an out of competition screening at the festival.
UM Tae-goo has been a steady and growing presence in commercial films since Veteran (2015) and drew particular notice from his impressive turn as the villain in The Age of Shadows (2016). He also often appears in indie fare, such as My Punch-drunk Boxer (2019).
Night in Paradise (2019) is the first Korean feature to be invited to Venice since 2016, when both KIM Jee-woon’s The Age of Shadows (2016) and KIM Ki-duk’s THE NET (2016) screened out of competition. This year’s 77th edition of the Venice International Film Festival will take place between September 3 and 12.
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