2015
DATE: MAY 8 - MAY 9
VENUE: TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX CINEMA 3 (350 KING ST. W)
PRESENTED BY: THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA IN TORONTO & KOREA FOUNDATION
주토론토총영사관
CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA IN TORONTO
2015
THE PLAN MAN
MAY 9TH 1:30PM || RUNNING TIME: 121MINS || GENRE: DRAMA
Jung-seok is a librarian who is obsessive-compulsive and must set plans for everything. Unable to get along well with others due to such a personality, he falls for a convenience store worker who is much like him. Jung-seok sets up a ‘plan’ to confess his feelings for her and goes, but the free-spirited So-jung is there instead. So-jung, a member of an indie band, later makes a song about how ‘The Plan Man’ lives. She even asks him to enter a singing auditions program together. Will Jung-seok be able to break out of his shell and face the world?
DETECTIVE K: SECRET OF VIRTUOUS WIDOW
MAY 9TH 4:30PM || RUNNING TIME: 115MINS || GENRE: COMEDY/ ACTION It's the 16th year of King Jeong-jo's rule and a series of murders break out in the capital of Joseon. The King suspects that the murders are part of some high officials' conspiracy to cover up an embezzlement scandal. He commissions the famous Detective K to solve the case and find out who is behind it. Kim Jin's investigation is off to a shaky start as he gets attacked by assassins from day one. He narrowly escapes death with the help of a dog seller, Seo Pil.
Together, they head out to Jeokseong to find Wolfsbane, the flower that holds the key to the case. In Jeokseong, they meet a beautiful business magnate, Han who seems to know far more secrets than she appears at first.
THE FACE READER
MAY 9TH 7:30PM || RUNNING TIME: 140MINS || GENRE: EPICS/ HISTORICAL/ DRAMA Nae-kyeong is the greatest face reader Joseon has ever known. He can see through people by looking at their faces. He lives with his son, Jin-hyeong, and his brother-in-law, Paeng-heon, in the mountains. After alluring courtesan, Yeon-hong proposes an offer. He moves to Hanyang to read faces in the courtesan house. Nae-kyeong quickly becomes the “go-to face reader” in town and even Vice Premier KIM Jong-seo hears about the new face reader and appoints Nae-kyeong to the government’s Inspection Board. During his inspection, Nae-kyeong finds out about Prince Su-yang’s plan to take the throne of his nephew. He decides to change the destiny of the country by changing what’s written on Su-yang’s face.
DURESORI: THE VOICE OF EAST
MAY 8TH 7:30PM || RUNNING TIME: 108MINS || GENRE: DRAMA
Traditional Korean music students in their last year of high school are faced with the difficulty of getting into college. For some family expectations and pressure is immense whilst the daily grind of school life has left them without any time for dreams. Forced to take summer class to make up for their attendance, the two students are confronted with a new prospect: to sing in a choir or save their school's reputation! Their years of training in traditional music is put to the test and so are their friendships. Dure-sori Story is based on the lives of real students showcas- ing their outstanding skills in traditional Korean music and featuring an original soundtrack exclusively scored for the film.
