US Release of Gina KIM's "Never Forever"
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South Korean director Gina Kim's third feature, the New York set "Never Forever " (2007), will receive a limited release in select cities across the US this Spring. The US-Korean co-production had its world premiere in the competition section of the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. After a release in Korea last June and various festival appearances, the film won the Jury Prize at the 33rd Deauville American Film Festival in France.
The film continues KIM's exploration of the issues of woman's relationship to her own body and bodily desires as laid out in her previous feature "Invisible Light" (2003). Never Forever tells the story of an upper class Caucasian woman living in New York (played by Vera Farmiga) who is unable to conceive a child with her Korean-American husband. As her husband (played by Korean-American actor David Lee McInnis) grows increasingly despondent she attempts to get pregnant by paying a young illegal immigrant from Korea (played by Ha Jung-woo) to have sex with her.
The film is to be released first in New York and San Francisco on April 11th with release dates in several other cities to follow. Director Marin Scorsese praised the film, acclaiming it "A moving experience! The performances are wonderful and touching and the style is intense and very precise". For details of release dates and locations see below.
Nigel D'Sa (KOFIC)
April 11th.......Sunshine Theatre, New York, NY
April 11th.......Sundance Kabuki, San Francisco, CA
May 2nd........Ritz at the Bourse, Philadelphia, PA
May 9th........ImaginAsian Center, Los Angeles, CA
May 16th.......Landmark Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA
May 30th........Cinema 21, Portland, OR
The film continues KIM's exploration of the issues of woman's relationship to her own body and bodily desires as laid out in her previous feature "Invisible Light" (2003). Never Forever tells the story of an upper class Caucasian woman living in New York (played by Vera Farmiga) who is unable to conceive a child with her Korean-American husband. As her husband (played by Korean-American actor David Lee McInnis) grows increasingly despondent she attempts to get pregnant by paying a young illegal immigrant from Korea (played by Ha Jung-woo) to have sex with her.
The film is to be released first in New York and San Francisco on April 11th with release dates in several other cities to follow. Director Marin Scorsese praised the film, acclaiming it "A moving experience! The performances are wonderful and touching and the style is intense and very precise". For details of release dates and locations see below.
Nigel D'Sa (KOFIC)
April 11th.......Sunshine Theatre, New York, NY
April 11th.......Sundance Kabuki, San Francisco, CA
May 2nd........Ritz at the Bourse, Philadelphia, PA
May 9th........ImaginAsian Center, Los Angeles, CA
May 16th.......Landmark Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA
May 30th........Cinema 21, Portland, OR
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