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C'est si bon (film)

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C'est si bon (Korean: 쎄시봉; RR: Ssesibong) is a 2015 South Korean musical drama film written and directed by Kim Hyun-seok.[3][4] It was released on February 5, 2015.[5]

Directed byKim Hyun-seok
Written byKim Hyun-seok
Produced by
  • Kang Myeong-chan
  • Lee Woo-jung
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C'est Si Bon
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKim Hyun-seok
Written byKim Hyun-seok
Produced by
  • Kang Myeong-chan
  • Lee Woo-jung
Starring
CinematographyLee Mo-gae
Edited by
Music byLee Byung-hoon
Production
company
Nogunri Pictures
Distributed byCJ Entertainment
Release date
  • February 5, 2015 (2015-02-05)
Running time
122 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
BudgetUS$5.5 million
Box officeUS$11.8 million[1][2]
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C'est si bon (French for "It's so good") was an acoustic music lounge located in Mugyo-dong, Seoul.[6] During the 1960s and 1970s, the venue was very popular with Koreans in their twenties and thirties, who went there to listen to live music.[7] Among the bands known for having played there was the folk music duo Twin Folio composed of Yoon Hyung-joo and Song Chang-sik; this film depicts the band's beginnings while including a fictional third member, Oh Geun-tae.[8][9][10]

Plot

In the late 1960s, C'est si bon is the music lounge every unknown acoustic band dreams of playing. It is where Geun-tae, a naïve country boy, meets musical prodigies and rivals Hyung-joo and Chang-sik. Together they form a band and name themselves after the iconic venue — the C'est si bon Trio. As the three young musicians bicker over their music, beautiful socialite Ja-young enters the picture and becomes their muse, launching a series of moving love songs. Ja-young falls for the pure-hearted Geun-tae, but they part ways when she accepts a once-in-lifetime shot at an acting career. 20 years later in the 1990s, Geun-tae and Ja-young meet again.

Cast

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Reception

C'est si bon was released in South Korea on February 5, 2015. It topped the box office on its opening weekend, with 642,000 admissions and ₩5.14 billion (US$4.63 million) gross over four days,[5][14][15] but it quickly dropped down the chart in the following weeks, eventually grossing a lackluster ₩13,556,519,358 (US$11.5 million) from 1,715,370 admissions (halfway its break-even point of 3 million admissions).[16]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Recipient Result
2015 20th Chunsa Film Art Awards[17] Best Screenplay Kim Hyun-seok Nominated
51st Paeksang Arts Awards Best New Actor Jo Bok-rae Nominated
19th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival[18] Fantasia Award Jung Woo Won
24th Buil Film Awards Best Music Lee Byung-hoon Nominated
52nd Grand Bell Awards Best Supporting Actor Jin Goo Nominated
Best Music Lee Byung-hoon Nominated
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