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Re-encounter

{{Infobox film

|name = Re-encounter

|image = File:Re-encounter_poster.jpg

|director = Min Yong-keun

|producer = Shim Hyun-woo

|writer = Min Yong-keun

|starring = Yoo Da-in
Yoo Yeon-seok

|music = Kim Myung-jong
Sung Ji-young
Hong Ye-young

|cinematography = Na Hee-seok

|editing = Wong Su-ahn

|studio = Secret Garden

|distributor = Indiestory

|released = {{Film date|2010|10|8|Busan International Film Festival|2011|2|17|South Korea}}

|runtime = 107 minutes

|country = South Korea

|language = Korean

|budget = {{USD|182,000}}

|gross =

|native_name = {{Infobox Korean|child=yes

|hangul = 혜화,동

|rr = Hyehwa, Dong

|mr = Hyehwa, Tong}}

}}

Re-encounter ({{ko-hhrm|혜화,동||Hyehwa, Dong}}; lit. "Hye-hwa, Child") is a 2011 South Korean indie film written and directed by Min Yong-keun.{{cite web|last=Sung|first=So-young|title=Indie director finds a formula for success|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2934218|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127083309/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2934218|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 27, 2013|accessdate=2012-11-19|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=1 April 2011}} Starring Yoo Da-in and Yoo Yeon-seok, it is a coming of age story about two young people who fall in love but lose contact when the girl becomes pregnant and the boy leaves her to go to Canada; they meet again after five years to look for their child, who they believe has been adopted.{{cite web|title=Re-encounter|url=http://www.indiestory.com/eng/film/film_view.asp?film_idx=1212|website=IndieStory|accessdate=2015-06-02}}

It premiered at the 15th Busan International Film Festival in 2010,{{cite web|last=Lee |first=Sang-yong |title=Re-encounter |url=http://www.biff.kr/eng/html/archive/arc_search_view.asp?idx=15269&target=trace&c_idx=25&m_entry_year=2010 |accessdate=2012-07-26 |work=BIFF.kr |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908230107/http://www.biff.kr/eng/html/archive/arc_search_view.asp?idx=15269&target=trace&c_idx=25&m_entry_year=2010 |archivedate=2014-09-08 }} and was released in theaters on February 17, 2011.

Plot

When precocious teenager Hye-hwa realizes that she is pregnant, the assertive young woman seems to have everything under control. But her convictions come crashing down when her loving, docile boyfriend Han-soo disappears without a word, apparently having been exiled to Canada by his mother.

Five years down the road, Hye-hwa’s spunky attitude and fondness for colorful manicures have been replaced by a fixation with rescuing abandoned dogs when she's not grooming the creatures for a living. Mothering her widowed boss's son provides her some relief; she is wise and weathered far beyond her 23 years. The fragile equilibrium maintained by her routine lifestyle breaks, however, after an unwarranted re-encounter with Han-soo.

At first Hye-hwa refuses her ex's approach, but her heart drops when he informs her that their child is actually well and alive — contrary to her understanding that the baby girl had died hours after birth. Han-soo explains that their daughter had been given up for adoption by their own grandmothers. Unable to help herself, Hye-hwa goes along with him in trying to track the baby down, leading to tragic consequences.{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Hyo-won|title=Taboo topics turn Proustian in Re-encounter|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2011/02/141_81175.html|accessdate=2012-11-19|work=The Korea Times|date=10 February 2011}}{{cite web|last=Beck|first=Una|title=REVIEW: Film Re-encounter (2011)|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2011021511242810948|accessdate=2012-11-19|work=10Asia|date=15 February 2011}}{{cite web|last=Mudge|first=James|title=Re-encounter (2010) Movie Review|url=http://www.beyondhollywood.com/re-encounter-2010-movie-review/|accessdate=2012-11-19|work=Beyond Hollywood|date=26 March 2012}}{{cite web|last=Djuna|title=Re-Encounter|url=http://koreanfilm.org/kfilm11.html#hyehwa|accessdate=2012-07-26|work=Cine21 via Koreanfilm.org}}

Cast

Reception

An indie film with unknown actors and a production budget of just {{SK won|200 million}} ({{USD|182,000}}), Re-encounter drew favorable reviews from critics. It attracted a little more than 10,000 viewers, which is a dream figure in the world of Korean indie films, where low production budgets, minimal promotion and short runs in theaters are the norm.{{cite web|last=Sung|first=So-young|title=The year in film: 2011 brought large successes from low-budget movies|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2946342|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126235814/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2946342|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 26, 2013|accessdate=2012-11-19|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=30 December 2011}}{{cite web|last=Hong|first=Lucia|title=Korean pic Re-encounter set to open in theaters in Japan|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2012052409561931373|accessdate=2012-11-19|work=10Asia|date=24 May 2012}}

Re-encounter was sponsored in part by the Korean Film Council and the Seoul Film Commission, who covered half of the film's production costs. The film's production team later made headlines for donating all of the proceeds from ticket sales to film and arts organizations such as the Seoul Independent Film Festival and MediACT.{{cite web|last=Kwon|first=Jungyun|title=A look back at the year's breakout films|url=http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=90329|accessdate=2012-11-19|work=Korea.net|date=15 December 2011}}

Awards

References

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External links

  • [http://blog.naver.com/re_encounter Re-encounter] at Naver {{in lang|ko}}
  • {{kmdb film|12598|Re-encounter}}
  • {{IMDb title|2365937|Re-encounter}}
  • {{hancinema film|Re-encounter|Re-encounter}}

Category:2010 films

Category:South Korean drama films

Category:South Korean independent films

Category:2010 drama films

Category:Teenage pregnancy in film

Category:2010 independent films

Category:2010s South Korean films

Category:2010s Korean-language films