[Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles]
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▣ Hyoja-dong Ibalsa (The President's Barber) (2004)
1:40 p.m. daily
Cine Core Theater
Starring Song Gang-ho and Moon So-ri, "The President's Barber" combines fact and fiction to recreate Seoul in the 1960s and '70s. The film takes that politically volatile period - which included the nation's chaotic first presidential election, ceaseless civic demonstrations, the authoritarian rule of Park Chunghee, and a McCarthy-esque fear of every- thing Communist - and filters it through the experience of Han-mo (played by Song), a simple-minded barber who owns a shop next to Chong Wa Dae. Becoming the barber for President Park and his staff members fills Han-mo with pride, but the duties end up involving the barber and his family in internal political struggles. The film also draws a parallel between the barber's growing relationship with his son (Lee Jae-eung) and the transformation South Korea undergoes under Park's authoritarian regime. Cine Core is located near Chonggak Station on subway line 1. Details: (02) 734-9539 or www.seoulselection.com.
▣ Chunhyang (2000)
Tuesdays at 4 p.m.
KNTO Building
Im Kwon-taek's lyrical film looks at the fading art of pasori in the early 1990s through a family of troubled musicians. Located near exit 5 of Chonggak Station on subway line 1. Free. Details: (02) 729-9497/8 or english.tour2korea.com.
1:40 p.m. daily
Cine Core Theater
Starring Song Gang-ho and Moon So-ri, "The President's Barber" combines fact and fiction to recreate Seoul in the 1960s and '70s. The film takes that politically volatile period - which included the nation's chaotic first presidential election, ceaseless civic demonstrations, the authoritarian rule of Park Chunghee, and a McCarthy-esque fear of every- thing Communist - and filters it through the experience of Han-mo (played by Song), a simple-minded barber who owns a shop next to Chong Wa Dae. Becoming the barber for President Park and his staff members fills Han-mo with pride, but the duties end up involving the barber and his family in internal political struggles. The film also draws a parallel between the barber's growing relationship with his son (Lee Jae-eung) and the transformation South Korea undergoes under Park's authoritarian regime. Cine Core is located near Chonggak Station on subway line 1. Details: (02) 734-9539 or www.seoulselection.com.
▣ Chunhyang (2000)
Tuesdays at 4 p.m.
KNTO Building
Im Kwon-taek's lyrical film looks at the fading art of pasori in the early 1990s through a family of troubled musicians. Located near exit 5 of Chonggak Station on subway line 1. Free. Details: (02) 729-9497/8 or english.tour2korea.com.
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