Bleak Night

Bleak Night
Bleak Night
	South Korean poster
Hangul	파수꾼
Hanja	把守꾼
Revised Romanization	Pasukkun
McCune–Reischauer	P'asukkun
Directed by	Yoon Sung-hyun
Written by	Yoon Sung-hyun
Produced by	Yoon Sung-hyun ; Kim Seung-june ; Park Ki-yong ; Jang Hyun-soo
Starring	Lee Je-hoon; Seo Jun-young; Park Jeong-min; Jo Sung-ha
Cinematography	Byeon Bong-seon
Edited by	Yoon Sung-hyun
Music by	Park Min-joon
Production; company	KAFA Films
Distributed by	Filament Pictures; CJ Entertainment
Release dates	October 9, 2010 (BIFF); March 3, 2011 (South Korea);
Running time	116 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	US$143,437

Bleak Night (Korean: 파수꾼; RR: Pasukkun; lit. "The Lookout") is a 2010 South Korean coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Yoon Sung-hyun. The film is about a father's search for answers following his son's death, and the shifting dynamics at play among three high-school friends.^[2] A Korean Academy of Film Arts graduation project by Yoon Sung-hyun, it received rave reviews and won several Best New Actor awards for Lee Je-hoon, as well as Best New Director for Yoon at the Grand Bell Awards and Busan Film Critics Awards.^[3]^[4]

Plot

Still mystified by his son's death, the father (Jo Sung-ha) of high school student Ki-tae (Lee Je-hoon) tries to track down his two best friends, classmates Hee-joon (Park Jeong-min) and Dong-yoon (Seo Jun-young), to try to find an explanation. Through Ki-tae's classmate Jae-ho, the father meets Hee-joon, who says he cannot help as he moved schools "weeks before what happened to Ki-tae." Afterwards, Hee-joon berates Jae-ho for giving his phone number to Ki-tae's father but Jae-ho tells him that Ki-tae "went crazy" after he moved away. Hee-joon manages to trace Dong-yoon and urges him to contact Ki-tae's father and provide some answers. In parallel, flashbacks to the time gradually reveal what really happened, starting with Ki-tae's needling and bullying of Hee-joon and the latter's response.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Cast

Lee Je-hoon as Ki-tae
Seo Jun-young as Dong-yoon
Park Jeong-min as Baek Hee-joon ("Becky")
Jo Sung-ha as Ki-tae's father
Bae Jae-ki as Jae-ho
Lee Cho-hee as Se-jung, girlfriend of Dong-yoon

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipients	Result	Ref.
2010	15th Busan International Film Festival	New Currents Award	Bleak Night	Won	^[8]
2011	20th Buil Film Awards	Best New Actor	Park Jeong-min	Nominated
		Best New Actor	Seo Jun-young	Nominated
		Best New Director	Yoon Sung-hyun	Nominated
		Best Screenplay	Yoon Sung-hyun	Nominated
	35th Hong Kong International Film Festival	FIPRESCI Prize	Bleak Night	Won	^[9]
	35th Hong Kong International Film Festival	SIGNIS Award		Nominated	^[9]
	40th International Film Festival Rotterdam	Tiger Award		Nominated
	48th Grand Bell Awards	Best New Director	Yoon Sung-hyun	Won	^[10]
	48th Grand Bell Awards	Best New Actor	Lee Je-hoon	Won	^[10]
	32nd Blue Dragon Film Awards		Lee Je-hoon	Won	^[11]
			Seo Jun-young	Nominated
		Best New Director	Yoon Sung-hyun	Won
	12th Busan Film Critics Awards	Best New Director		Won
	5th Asia Pacific Screen Awards	Best Screenplay		Nominated
	21st Black Movie Festival	Young Adults Jury Awards		Won
	Cine 21 Awards	Best New Director		Won	^[12]
	Cine 21 Awards	Best New Actor	Lee Je-hoon	Won	^[12]
	19th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards			Won
2012	3rd KOFRA Film Awards			Won	^[13]

References

^ "Bleak Night (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
^ Beck, Una (3 March 2011). "PREVIEW: Film Bleak Night". 10Asia. Archived from the original on 2014-06-07. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
^ Lee, Claire (18 October 2011). "Kim Ha-neul, Park Hae-il get top honors at Daejong Film Awards". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
^ Kim, Jessica (2 December 2011). "Late Autumn"to take best pic for Busan critics award". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
^ Elley, Derek (11 January 2011). "Bleak Night". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
^ Cho, Jae-eun (25 March 2011). "No easy answers in complex portrait of teen angst". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 2012-11-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Young, Neil (15 February 2011). "Bleak Night: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
^ Bourne, Christopher (31 August 2010). "The best films of the 2010 Pusan International Film Festival". Meniscus Magazine. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
^ "Winners of the 35th HKIFF competitions". Hong Kong International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2014-05-15. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
^ "Kim Ha-neul, Park Hae-il get top honors at Daejong Film Awards". The Korea Herald. 18 October 2011.
^ "'The Unjust' best picture at Blue Dragon Awards". The Korea Herald. 27 November 2011.
^ "Cine 21 Awards 2011". Cine21. 3 January 2012.
^ "Film Industry Reporters Pick Crucible As 2011′s Best Film". Soompi. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 2014-05-13.

External links

Bleak Night at IMDb
Bleak Night at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
Bleak Night at HanCinema
Bleak Night at Rotten Tomatoes

[1] "Bleak Night (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2014-01-16.

[2] Beck, Una (3 March 2011). "PREVIEW: Film Bleak Night". 10Asia. Archived from the original on 2014-06-07. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[3] Lee, Claire (18 October 2011). "Kim Ha-neul, Park Hae-il get top honors at Daejong Film Awards". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[4] Kim, Jessica (2 December 2011). "Late Autumn"to take best pic for Busan critics award". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[5] Elley, Derek (11 January 2011). "Bleak Night". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[6] Cho, Jae-eun (25 March 2011). "No easy answers in complex portrait of teen angst". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 2012-11-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[7] Young, Neil (15 February 2011). "Bleak Night: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[8] Bourne, Christopher (31 August 2010). "The best films of the 2010 Pusan International Film Festival". Meniscus Magazine. Retrieved 2014-05-13.

[9] "Winners of the 35th HKIFF competitions". Hong Kong International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2014-05-15. Retrieved 2014-05-13.

[10] "Kim Ha-neul, Park Hae-il get top honors at Daejong Film Awards". The Korea Herald. 18 October 2011.

[11] "'The Unjust' best picture at Blue Dragon Awards". The Korea Herald. 27 November 2011.

[12] "Cine 21 Awards 2011". Cine21. 3 January 2012.

[13] "Film Industry Reporters Pick Crucible As 2011′s Best Film". Soompi. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 2014-05-13.

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