Bleak Night
2010 South Korean film
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Bleak Night (Korean: 파수꾼; RR: Pasukkun; lit. 'The Lookout') is a 2010 South Korean coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Yoon Sung-hyun. The film is about a father's search for answers following his son's death, and the shifting dynamics at play among three high-school friends.[2] A Korean Academy of Film Arts graduation project by Yoon Sung-hyun, it received rave reviews and won several Best New Actor awards for Lee Je-hoon, as well as Best New Director for Yoon at the Grand Bell Awards and Busan Film Critics Awards.[3][4]
| Bleak Night | |
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South Korean poster | |
| Hangul | 파수꾼 |
| Hanja | 把守꾼 |
| Lit. | The Lookout |
| RR | Pasukkun |
| MR | P'asukkun |
| Directed by | Yoon Sung-hyun |
| Written by | Yoon Sung-hyun |
| Produced by | Yoon Sung-hyun Kim Seung-june Park Ki-yong Jang Hyun-soo |
| Starring | Lee Je-hoon Seo Jun-young Park Jeong-min Jo Sung-ha |
| Cinematography | Byeon Bong-seon |
| Edited by | Yoon Sung-hyun |
| Music by | Park Min-joon |
Production company | KAFA Films |
| Distributed by | Filament Pictures CJ Entertainment |
Release dates |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$143,437[1] |
Plot
Still mystified by his son's death, the father (Jo Sung-ha) of high school student Ki-tae (Lee Je-hoon) tries to track down his two best friends, classmates Hee-joon (Park Jeong-min) and Dong-yoon (Seo Jun-young), to try to find an explanation. Through Ki-tae's classmate Jae-ho, the father meets Hee-joon, who says he cannot help as he moved schools "weeks before what happened to Ki-tae." Afterwards, Hee-joon berates Jae-ho for giving his phone number to Ki-tae's father but Jae-ho tells him that Ki-tae "went crazy" after he moved away. Hee-joon manages to trace Dong-yoon and urges him to contact Ki-tae's father and provide some answers. In parallel, flashbacks to the time gradually reveal what really happened, starting with Ki-tae's needling and bullying of Hee-joon and the latter's response.[5][6][7]
Cast
- Lee Je-hoon as Ki-tae
- Seo Jun-young as Dong-yoon
- Park Jeong-min as Baek Hee-joon ("Becky")
- Jo Sung-ha as Ki-tae's father
- Bae Jae-ki as Jae-ho
- Lee Cho-hee as Se-jung, girlfriend of Dong-yoon
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Recipients | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 15th Busan International Film Festival | New Currents Award | Bleak Night | Won | [8] |
| 2011 | 20th Buil Film Awards | Best New Actor | Park Jeong-min | Nominated | |
| Seo Jun-young | Nominated | ||||
| Best New Director | Yoon Sung-hyun | Nominated | |||
| Best Screenplay | Nominated | ||||
| 35th Hong Kong International Film Festival | FIPRESCI Prize | Bleak Night | Won | [9] | |
| SIGNIS Award | Nominated | ||||
| 40th International Film Festival Rotterdam | Tiger Award | Nominated | |||
| 48th Grand Bell Awards | Best New Director | Yoon Sung-hyun | Won | [10] | |
| Best New Actor | Lee Je-hoon | Won | |||
| 32nd Blue Dragon Film Awards | Won | [11] | |||
| Seo Jun-young | Nominated | ||||
| Best New Director | Yoon Sung-hyun | Won | |||
| 12th Busan Film Critics Awards | Won | ||||
| 5th Asia Pacific Screen Awards | Best Screenplay | Nominated | |||
| 21st Black Movie Festival | Young Adults Jury Awards | Won | |||
| Cine 21 Awards | Best New Director | Won | [12] | ||
| Best New Actor | Lee Je-hoon | Won | |||
| 19th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards | Won | ||||
| 2012 | 3rd KOFRA Film Awards | Won | [13][unreliable source?] | ||