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'Train to Busan' Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi and Kim Su-an depart to Cannes on May 12th

"Train to Busan" main cast and director will walk the red carpet of Cannes International Film Festival.

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Movie "Train to Busan" actors Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi and Kim Su-an as well as the film director Yeon Sang-ho will depart to Cannes, France on May 12th. The will also attend the official red carpet event of the 69th Cannes International Film Festival on May 13th (local time).

"Train to Busan" has been invited to the Midnight Screening event of Cannes International Film Festival this year. The blockbuster film is about the struggles to survive of the people who went on a KTX express train to Busan from Seoul, while the zombie virus seized the entire Korea.

Jung Yu-mi was invited to the Cannes Film Festival in 2012 for her role in Hong Sang-soo's "In Another Country", which was invited to the In Competition section. However, she did not attend the festival at the time. Ten year old child actress Kim Su-an will the youngest one among all Korean actors, who attend the red carpet event of the Cannes International Festival.

This is the second time for director Yeon Sang-ho to be invited to Cannes after his animation, which was invited to the Directors Fortnight section at the 65th Cannes International Film Festival.

"Train to Busan" is opening in July in Korea.

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