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- THE TRUTH BENEATH Picked Audience Award at Paris Korean Film Festival
- by KIM Hyun-jung / Nov 14, 2016
- TUNNEL Opened while WORST WOMAN Closed the Event for Eight Days
LEE Kyoung-mi’s dark thriller The Truth Beneath received the Audience Award at the 11th Festival du Film Coréen à Paris (FFCP) or Paris Korean Film Festival. The Audience Award is endowed to the film that received the most votes from audiences out of 13 films invited to the Paysage section. The festival’s Paysage section featured up-and-coming local movies including Inside Men (2015), DONGJU; The Portrait of A Poet, Seoul Station as well as The Truth Beneath.Starring SON Ye-jin and KIM Joo-hyuk, The Truth Beneath is a story about a candidate for the National Assembly and his wife whose daughter goes missing just before the national elections. It is director LEE’s second project, who received attention for her feature debut Crush And Blush (2008).The film won prizes like the Best Director and the Best Actress awards at the Korean Association of Film Critics Awards and the Best Actress award at the Buil Film Awards. Moreover, it attracted filmgoers while it was sold out one of the two shows at FFCP. In addition, it was selected as an opener of the 11th London Korean Film Festival.Meanwhile, FFCP marked its 11th edition from October 25th to November 1st for eight days. Opening and closing the event were KIM Seong-hun’s Tunnel and KIM Jong-kwan’s Worst Woman. Filmmakers and actors including Asura : The City of Madness director KIM Sung-soo and actor JUNG Woo-sung, The World of Us director YOON Ga-eun, The Truth Beneath director LEE Kyoung-mi visited the fest and met cinema fans in Paris.
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