After the Banquet (2009)

Original title

결혼식 후에

Directed by

Yun-cheul Kim

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

South Korea, Japan

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

12

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

College alumni gather at a wedding and look forward to seeing a woman from their past. Instead, her daughter shows up, leading them to reflect on their old memories and connections.

nostalgicbittersweetreflectivegentleunderstatedcontemplativewistfulpoignant

What happens

After the Banquet (Korean: 결혼식 후에; RR: Gyeolhonsik hue; lit. 'After the Wedding') is a 2009 South Korean-Japanese romantic drama film starring Shin Sung-woo, Ye Ji-won, Bae Soo-bin, Kim Bo-kyung, Lee Hae-young, Seo Yoo-jung, Yoon Hee-seok, Cha Soo-yeon, and Go Ah-sung. A group of college alumni, mostly men, are reunited at a wedding. They are all looking forward to seeing one woman in particular, but to their surprise, the woman's daughter appears. It was part of the "Telecinema7" project, seven feature-length mini-dramas which were collaborations between South Korean TV directors and Japanese TV screenwriters; the seven Korea-Japan joint productions both received a limited theater release and were broadcast on television. After the Banquet was first released in Korea in CGV theaters on December 3, 2009, and later aired on SBS (South Korea) and TV Asahi (Japan) in 2010. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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