Diva (2020 film)
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| Hangul | 디바 |
| RR | Diba |
| MR | Tiba |
| Directed by | Cho Seul-ye |
| Written by | Seul-yeah Jo Young-sun Yoo |
| Produced by | Yo-Hwan Kim |
| Starring | Shin Min-a Lee Yoo-young |
| Cinematography | Kim Sun-ryung |
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| Music by | Kim Jun-seong |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | est. US$783,081[1] |
Diva (Korean: 디바) is a 2020 Korean thriller film directed by Cho Seul-ye,[2] starring Shin Min-a and Lee Yoo-young.[3] The film marks the directorial debut of Cho Seul-ye and revolves around a competitive diver (Shin Min-a) and her best friend and rival (Lee Yoo-young), who goes missing after the two are involved in a car accident.[4] It was released in Korea on September 23, 2020.[5]
The title of the film was suggested by director Park Chan-wook, who reviewed an early draft of the screenplay.[6][4] Cho found that the word translated to "goddess" in Italian, but to "demon" in Arabic; she appreciated the dual meaning, and so adopted it as the title of her film.[4]
The film received two nominations in the 41st Blue Dragon Film Awards: for Best Leading Actress (Shin); and for Best Cinematography and Lighting.[7]
Yi-young (Shin Min-a) has all the talent to be a 'Diving Diva'. She misses her best friend Soo-jin (Lee Yoo-young), so she changes her event to synchronizing swimming. While into olympics selection practice, they are involved in a freak accident, Soo-jin disappears and Yi-young loses her memory. As she gets her memory back, she remembers strange side of Soo-jin. She begins to lose her control on the diving board.
Cast
- Shin Min-a as Yi-young[4]
- Kwak Ji-hye as young Yi-young
- Lee Yoo-young as Soo-jin[4]
- Choe Dain as young Soo-jin
- Lee Kyu-hyung as Diving coach
- Joo Suk-tae as CEO Lee
- Oh Ha-nee as Kang Cho-ah, super child
- Park Sung-yeon as Detective Oh
- Yoongeum Sun-ah as Hwang Hyeon-shin
- Park Choong-seon as president
- Heo Hyeong-gyu as detective Kang
- Bae So-young as nurse
- Oh Hee-joon as Reporter at Hospital
- Ji Yi-soo as Lee Yeong's agency representative
Production
Filming began on July 16, 2018 and was wrapped up on November 5, 2018.[8]
Release
The film was released theatrically on September 23, 2020 in South Korea.[5]
Diva was invited at 25th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival held in July 2021. It was showcased in Korean Fantastic features section.[9]