Chi-hwa-seon (2002)

Original title

취화선

Directed by

Im Kwon-taek

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

19

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 67 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A nineteenth-century Korean painter named Jang Seung-eop struggles with his art and his turbulent life. The film follows his creative process and personal conflicts against a backdrop of historical Korea.

contemplativevisually lushslow-burnmelancholichistoricalearthypassionatemeditative

What happens

Chi-hwa-seon or Chwi-hwa-seon (Korean: 취화선; also known as Painted Fire, Strokes of Fire or Drunk on Women and Poetry) is a 2002 South Korean historical drama film directed by Im Kwon-taek. It stars Choi Min-sik as Jang Seung-eop (commonly known by his pen name, Owon), a nineteenth-century Korean painter who changed the direction of Korean art. The film was entered into the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, where Im Kwon-taek won Best Director, shared with Paul Thomas Anderson for Punch-Drunk Love. In 2020, the film was ranked 13th by The Guardian among the classics of modern South Korean cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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