Dooman River (French: La Rivière Tumen; Korean: 두만강; Chinese: 图们江; also known as Tumen River) is a 2010 French-South Korean co-production directed by Korean-Chinese filmmaker Zhang Lu.[1][2][3]
Dooman River | |
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Directed by | Zhang Lu |
Screenplay by | Zhang Lu |
Produced by | Guillaume de Seille Lee Jeong-jin Woo Hye-kyung |
Starring | Cui Jian Yin Lan |
Cinematography | Xu Wei |
Edited by | Francois Quiquere |
Production companies | Lu Films Arizona Films |
Release dates |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Countries | South Korea France |
Languages | Korean Mandarin |
It received a Special Mention from the Generation 14Plus Youth Jury at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival, and won the Jury Prize at the 8th Festival Paris Cinéma, the NETPAC Award at the 15th Busan International Film Festival, Best Director (for Zhang) and Best Actress (for Yin Lan) at the 3rd International Film Festival East-West in Orenburg, and Best Film in the International Feature Competition of the 47th International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival.[4][5][6]
Premise
editIn Yanbian near the Tumen River, which serves as the border between North Korea and China's Jilin Province, two teenage boys from opposite sides of the river become friends.[7]
Cast
edit- Cui Jian as Chang-ho
- Yin Lan as Soon-hee
- Lin Jinlong as Grandfather
- Li Jinglin
- Xin Xhuangshen
- Jin Xinyan
- Yuan Yonglan
References
edit- ^ Cho, Jae-eun (15 March 2011). "Elusive filmmaker opens up". Korea Joongang Daily. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ^ "Dooman River". uniFrance films (in French). Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^ Mintzer, Jordan (1 August 2010). "Review: Dooman River". Variety. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ^ Smith, Nigel M. (19 February 2010). "Berlinale's Generation 14plus Awards Reach Out to Youth". Indiewire. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ^ Keslassy, Elsa (13 July 2010). "Dooman River wins at Paris Cinema". Variety. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ^ Kim, Heidi (15 December 2010). "Dooman River awarded at Russian film festival". 10Asia. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ^ Bardot, Nicolas (2010). "La Rivière Tumen". Film de Culte (in French). Retrieved 15 January 2015.
External links
edit- Dooman River at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
- Dooman River at IMDb