Alive (2014)

Original title

산다

Directed by

Park Jeong-beom

Genre

drama film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

2h 59m

Rated

19

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A broke laborer struggles to survive after a friend's suicide. The film follows his daily hardships and his search for hope in desperate circumstances.

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What happens

Alive (Korean: 산다) is a 2014 South Korean drama film starring Park Jung-bum and Lee Seung-yeon. Written and directed by Park, it tells the story of a broke laborer's struggle for survival. After his friend's suicide, Park was troubled and started asking questions, such as why he was unable to help his friend and how he can help himself as he also has panic disorder. He concluded that humans should save humans. Although everyone may look like they're leading different lives, finding hope within everything is what he wanted his film to focus on. It made its world premiere as one of the feature-length films for Jeonju Digital Project at the Jeonju International Film Festival in 2014. Since then, the film had a good start in the film festival scene, winning the Young Critics Award at the 67th Locarno International Film Festival, followed by a double crown for the Silver Astor for Best Actor Award and Obra Cine Award for Best First or Second Feature at the 29th Mar del Plata International Film Festival, a special mention at the 25th Singapore International Film Festival along with numerous other international film festival invites. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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