A Reason to Live (Movie - 2011)

오늘 (O-neul)

119min | Release date in South Korea : 2011/10/27

Prevously known as "Today", "Nobody Somebody" and "La Quotidienne"
Synopsis
A female producer loses her fiancé in a hit and run accident and stands in the line of conflict. After 8 films, this movie is directed by Lee Jeong-hyang who also directed “The Way Home” with Nam Ji-hyeon and Song Hye-kyo in the lead, after incredible competition, as the producer.

Da-hae who lost her fiancé by a hit and run accident, forgave the criminal who was 15 year old boy as her principle base on catholic belief and signs a petition for him. One year after, Da-hae is making a documentary to abolish death penalty requested by Catholic Church. The time goes on, she starts to look back her pain having an interview to victims who live with the forgiveness.

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[HanCinema's Film Review] "A Reason to Live"
2016/10/08
Da-hye (played by Song Hye-kyo) lives happily with her boyfriend Sang-woo (played by Ki Tae-young). A freakish turn of events separates the couple. Da-hye deals with the trauma by trying to forgive the person responsible for what happened to Sang-woo, although this process turns out to be surprisingly unsatisfying and pointless. That much is a fairly accurate description of "A Reason to Live" as a whole. Some of its ideas are good, but almost nothing of consequence is done with them,...More

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2016/10/08
Da-hye (played by Song Hye-kyo) lives happily with her boyfriend Sang-woo (played by Ki Tae-young). A freakish turn of events separates the couple. Da-hye deals with the trauma by trying to forgive the person responsible for what happened to Sang-woo, although this process turns out to be surprisingly unsatisfying and pointless. That much is a fairly accurate description of "A Reason to Live" as a whole. Some of its ideas are good, but almost nothing of consequence is done with them,...More
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2013/10/17
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2013/10/14, Source
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2012/02/16, Source
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"Unbowed" and "A Reason to Live" in the 'Top Ten Asian Movies'
2012/01/03, Source
Director Jeong Ji-yeong's "Unbowed" and the film "A Reason to Live" have been selected as the 'Top Ten Asian Movies of 2011' by the American newspaper "The Wall Street Journal". According to "The Wall Street Journal"'s website, "Unbowed" and "A Reason to Live" have been selected for the list of 'Top Ten Asian Movies' of 2011 by Dean Napolitano. The list introduced "Simple Life" and other Asian movies to the world, including Korean ones, saying they were made on a small scale, but carry lots of meaning,...More
Lee Sun-mi wins Woman in Film of the Year
2011/12/14, Source
Women in Film Korea has announced producer Lee Sun-mi is the 2011 winner of the Woman in Film of the Year Award for her work on "Detective K". Other awards went to actresses Song Hye-kyo and Choi Ji-hee-I, director Han Hye-jin-I, and producer Um Joo-yeong,...More
Song Hye-kyo, 2011 Female Movie People Acting Awardee
2011/12/13, Source
Actress Song Hye-kyo has emerged as a winner at the 2011 Female Movie People awards. According to the reps of the 2011 Female Movie People awards on December 13th, Song's role in "A Reason to Live" was the clincher for her to win this year's Female Movie People Acting award. The reps said that Song was able to show a different side of herself: a deeper more intense gaze, a sense of calm and steadiness, and a new graveness. She was also said to have really tackled the theme of forgiveness, helping movie-watchers to understand its true meaning,...More
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2011/11/28, Source
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2011/11/22, Source
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Now Jang Seo-hee after Song Hye-kyo
2011/11/21, Source
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2011/11/20
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2011/11/13, Source
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'Reason' transmits social messages
2011/11/10, Source
Song Hye-kyo appears in a scene from "A Reason to Live", a film that marks the return of director Lee Jeong-hyang. / Courtesy of Lotte Entertainment By Ryu Seung-jin It appears "A Reason to Live" has also succumbed to the so-called "BIFF curse" - films that premiere at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) have mostly failed on general release. The film's weighty theme of capital punishment and absolution may have deterred some moviegoers, but it also suffered from distribution problems. The few theaters that showed the film alternated screenings with other works,...More
"Punch" VS "A Reason to Live" - Why did Yoo Ah-in laugh and Song Hye-kyo cry?
2011/11/09, Source
Song Hye-kyo's movie "A Reason to Live" is on the verge of disappearing. The accumulated number of admissions as of today November 9th is 58,877, showing very slow progress,...More
Final Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.11.04 ~ 2011.11.06
2011/11/08, Source
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2011/11/06, Source
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2011/11/01, Source
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2011/10/30, Source
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Korean movies opening today 2011/10/27 in Korea
2011/10/27, Source
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Final Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.10.21 ~ 2011.10.23
2011/10/25, Source
The number one movie this week is "Punch" (완득이),...More
Song Hye-kyo Returns with New Movie
2011/10/22, Source
After vanishing from the public's view for the last three years, actress Song Hye-kyo has returned to the silver screen with "A Reason to Live", a story about a woman who forgives a boy for killing her fiancé. The movie was directed by another long-term absentee, Lee Jeong-hyang, who got back behind the camera nine years after pumping out hits such as "Art Museum By The Zoo" and "The Way Home",...More
Added making of video for the upcoming Korean movie "A Reason to Live"
2011/10/13, Source
Added making of video for the upcoming Korean movie "A Reason to Live",...More
Today's Photo: October 13, 2011
2011/10/13, Source
Song Hye-kyo poses at a press event for her new film "A Reason to Live" in Seoul on Wednesday,...More
Song Hye-kyo at BIFF 'like a goddess'
2011/10/10, Source
Actress Song Hye-kyo's expressionless shot has been revealed. This picture of Song Hye-kyo was taken from Busan at the 16th Busan International Film Festival which she attended for the movie "A Reason to Live".,...More
[TD Photo] Song Hye-kyo pulls off curly hair
2011/10/04, Source
Actress Song Hye-kyo is back. With Lee Jeong-hyang's "A Reason to Live" about to be released soon, Song Hye-kyo modeled for a collection in the star style magazine "High Cut".,...More
Trailer released for the upcoming Korean movie "A Reason to Live"
2011/10/04, Source
Trailer released for the upcoming Korean movie "A Reason to Live",...More
Song Hye-kyo: 'It Is My Honor To Be Compared to Actress Shim Eun-ha'
2011/09/27, Source
Director Lee Jeong-hyang said during the production presentation of the movie "A Reason to Live" that was held at Lotte Cinema Pacadiri on September 26, "When I made a comeback with "The Way Home" after a three-year break, it was like coming back after being discharged from the military and being welcomed by many people. This time, I am making a comeback after a similar long break, and I really appreciate people's attention shown to my new movie". Lee was once the most promising female director from the end of the 1990s until the early 2000s. She debuted with her movie "Art Museum By The Zoo" in 1998, in which star actress Shim Eun-ha appeared as the female protagonist, and she garnered Best New Director's prizes at various film festivals in Korea at that time,...More
Today's Photo: September 26, 2011
2011/09/27, Source
Song Hye-kyo waves at a press event for her new film "A Reason to Live" in Seoul on Monday,...More
Song Hye-kyo's New Movie to Premier at Busan Int'l Film Festival
2011/09/20, Source
Actress Song Hye-kyo plays a documentary producer who forgives a 17-year-old boy for killing her fiance in the movie "A Reason to Live", which will premier at the 16th Busan International Film Festival next month. The film is directed by Lee Jeong-hyang, of "Art Museum By The Zoo" fame. It was officially invited to premiere at the Gala Presentation of the film festival, which will run from Oct. 6 to 14,...More
Jeon Do-yeon, Song Hye-kyo and Uhm Jung-hwa "Return of the screen 'Goddess'"
2011/09/19, Source
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Added new poster and stills for the upcoming Korean movie "A Reason to Live"
2011/09/19, Source
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Busan promises more cinematic fun
2011/09/15, Source
The Busan Film Center, the newly constructed main venue of the 16th Busan (formerly Pusan) International Film Festival (BIFF), opens Sept. 28. Asia's largest cinema showcase opens from Oct. 6 to 14 in the southern port city. (Yonhap) Festival finds new niche at Busan Film Center Standing tall and wide, and at an odd angle like an upside pyramid, the Busan Film Center in Haeundae Centum City is hard to miss,...More
Bae Yong-joon, Won Bin, Lee Young-ae, Ko So-young "Return of the Kings and Queens"
2011/09/08, Source
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Teaser revealed for the upcoming Korean movie "A Reason to Live"
2011/09/08, Source
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2011/09/07, Source
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2011/09/06, Source
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2011/09/06, Source
A new drama feature starring top Korean actress Song Hye-kyo will open in local theaters next month, according to the film's distributor Lotte Entertainment. On Tuesday, Lotte announced in a press release that Song's movie "A Reason to Live" (translated title) has been slated for a nationwide release on October 27,...More
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2011/09/05, Source
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2011/09/05, Source
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2011/05/09, Source
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2011/04/03, Source
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2011/03/22, Source
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2011/03/09, Source
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2011/03/08, Source
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2011/03/07, Source
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2011/03/06, Source
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2011/01/24, Source
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Produced by

Hwang Jae-woo (황재우)

Hwang Woo-hyeon (황우현)

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Kim Hyoung-ju (김형주)
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Lee Cheol-oh (이철오)
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Kim Sang-beom (김상범)
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Kim Jae-beom (김재범)
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Yoo Sang-seob (유상섭)
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Airing dates : 2011/10/27

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Source : www.cine21.com & www.kobis.or.kr

As of 2011.11.20 : 131,194 admissions (total)

As of 2011.11.13 : 95 081 admissions (total)

As of 2011.11.06 : 57,877 admissions (total)

As of 2011.10.30 : 42,853 admissions (total)

As of 2011.10.23 : 2,771 admissions (total)

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