Beautiful Days
Main poster
Hangul
Revised RomanizationByutipul Deijeu
Directed byJéro Yun
Written byJéro Yun
Produced byKim Hyun-woo
StarringLee Na-young
Jang Dong-yoon
CinematographyKim Jong-sun
Edited byJéro Yun
Music byMathieu Regnault
Production
company
Peppermint & Company
Distributed bySmile Entertainment
Contents Panda
Release dates
  • October 4, 2018 (2018-10-04) (BIFF)
  • November 21, 2018 (2018-11-21) (South Korea)
Running time
104 minutes[1]
CountriesSouth Korea
France
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$45,395[2]

Beautiful Days (Korean: 뷰티풀 데이즈; RR: Byutipul Deijeu) is a 2018 South Korean drama film starring Lee Na-young, Jang Dong-yoon and Oh Kwang-rok.[3] The film premiered as the opening film of the 23rd edition of the Busan International Film Festival on October 4, 2018.[4][5][6] It was released in theaters on November 21, 2018.[7]

Plot

The film follows the life of a North Korean defector who gives birth to a son at a young age and abandons her husband and child for a better life abroad. The hidden past is revealed after fourteen years when the grown-up son visits her.

Cast

Production

Beautiful Days is director Jéro Yun's debut feature film and lead actress Lee Na-young's first film in 5 years.[8]

The film began production on October 31, 2017. Filming wrapped on November 26, 2017.[8]

Reception

In Variety, Peter Debruge says, "Lee Na-young impresses as a North Korean woman tracked down by her long-since-abandoned son".[9] Reviewing it for Screendaily, Wendy Ide noted the film as being structurally a little over-complicated, but still is an impressive drama which feels convincingly rooted in real lives and stories.[10]

Clarence Tsui of The Hollywood Reporter writes, "Beautiful Days certainly lives up to its title with its mesmerizing imagery and very polished production values. But it is weighed down by a clichéd narrative and simplistic moral binaries".[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Beautiful Days". www.biff.kr. Archived from the original on September 5, 2018. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Beautiful Days (2018)". Korean Film Biz Zone.
  3. ↑ "Beautiful Days". Korean Film Biz Zone.
  4. ↑ "'Beautiful Days' to open 23rd BIFF". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  5. ↑ Kil, Sonia (4 September 2018). "Busan Festival to Open With North Korea Drama 'Beautiful Days'". Variety. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Busan to open with North Korean refugee drama 'Beautiful Days'". Screen. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  7. ↑ 윤재호 감독, 엘리제궁에서 “뷰티풀 데이즈”. KBS Media (in Korean). Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  8. 1 2 3 "Lee Jung-joon to star in 'Beautiful Days - 2017' with Lee Na-young". HanCinema. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  9. ↑ Debruge, Peter (October 4, 2018). "Busan Film Review: 'Beautiful Days'". Variety. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  10. ↑ "'Beautiful Days': Busan Review". Screen. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  11. ↑ "'Beautiful Days' ('Byu-ti-pul de-i-jeu'): Film Review | Busan 2018". The Hollywood Reporter. 4 October 2018. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
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