Spring in My Hometown
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{{Infobox film
|name = Spring in My Hometown
|image = Spring in My Hometown.jpg
|caption = Poster for Spring in My Hometown (1998)
|director = Lee Kwang-moInfobox data from {{Cite web|url=http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=03446|title=Good Windy Day (Balambul-eo joh-eun nal)(1980)|accessdate=2008-01-08|publisher=KMDb Korean Movie Database}} and {{IMDb title|0156386|Areumdawoon sheejul (1998)}}
|producer = Jung Taesung
Kang Sungkyu
|writer = Lee Kwangmo
|starring = Ahn Sung-ki
Bae Yoo-jung
|music = Won Il
|cinematography = Kim Hyung-koo
|editing = Hahm Sung-won
|distributor = Korean Film Art Center BaekDu-DaeGan Company Ltd.
|released = {{Film date|df=yes|1998|11|21}}
|runtime = 120 minutes
|country = South Korea
|language = Korean
|budget =
|gross =
|native_name = {{Infobox Korean|child=yes
|hangul = 아름다운 시절
|hanja =
|rr = Areumdaun sijeol
|mr = Arŭmdaun sijŏl}}
}}
Spring in My Hometown ({{Korean|hangul=아름다운 시절}}) is a 1998 South Korean film.
Synopsis
A story about two village boys, Sungmin and Changhee, in the summer of 1952, during the Korean War.{{cite web|title=Spring in My Hometown|url=http://www.kviff.com/en/programme/film/4317978-spring-in-my-hometown/|website=KVIFF|accessdate=26 September 2018|date=2001}}{{cite web|first=David|last=Stratton|title=Film Review: Spring in My Hometown|url=https://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/spring-in-my-hometown-1200453637/|website=Variety|accessdate=26 September 2018|date=18 May 1998}}{{cite web|first1=Darcy|last1=Paquet|title=Spring in My Hometown review|url=http://www.koreanfilm.org/kfilm98.html#spring|website=www.koreanfilm.org|accessdate=26 September 2018}}{{cite web|first1=Christopher|last1=Bourne|title=Review: Lee Kwang-mo's Spring in My Hometown|url=https://www.meniscuszine.com/articles/201111042642/lee-kwang-mos-spring-in-my-hometown/|website=meniscuszine.com|accessdate=26 September 2018|date=4 November 2011}}{{cite web|title=Spring in My Hometown|url=http://gwangjublog.com/spring-in-my-hometown/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926205525/http://gwangjublog.com/spring-in-my-hometown/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=26 September 2018|website=gwangjublog.com|accessdate=26 September 2018}}
Cast
- Ahn Sung-ki ... Sungmin's father
- Bae Yoo-jung ... Changhee's mother
- Cho Jae-hyun
- Kim Jungwoo ... Changhee
- Lee In ... Sungmin
- Myeong Gye-nam
- Myeong Sun-mi
- Oh Ji-hye ... Teacher
- Song Ok-sook ... Sungmin's mother
- Yu Hye-jeong
- Yu Oh-seong ... Sungmin's uncle
Awards
=Wins=
- Entrevues Film Festival (1998)Awards based on {{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156386/awards|title=Awards for Areumdawoon sheejul (1998)|accessdate=2008-01-08|publisher=IMDb}}
- Grand Prix Foreign Film (Spring in My Hometown)
- Hawaii International Film Festival (1998)
- Best Feature Film (Spring in My Hometown)
- Pusan International Film Festival (1998)
- FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention (Lee Kwang-mo) "For the director's mature approach to the consequences of recent Korean history on common people's lives."
- Thessaloniki Film Festival (1998)
- Special Artistic Achievement (Lee Kwang-mo)
- Tokyo International Film Festival (1998)
- Gold Award (Lee Kwang-mo)
- Fribourg International Film Festival (1999)
- Don Quixote Award (Lee Kwang-mo)
- Grand Bell Awards (1999)
- Best Film
- Kerala International Film Festival (1999)
- Special Jury Prize (Lee Kwang-mo)
=Nominations=
- Stockholm Film Festival (1998)
- Bronze Horse (Lee Kwang-mo)
- Thessaloniki Film Festival (1998)
- Golden Alexander (Lee Kwang-mo)
Notes
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Bibliography
- {{IMDb title|0156386|Areumdawoon sheejul (1998)}}
- {{Cite book|last=Kim|first=Kyung-hyun|title=The Remasculinization of Korean Cinema|year=2004|publisher=Duke University Press|location=Durham and London|isbn=0-8223-3267-1|pages=87–93|chapter=3. 'Is This How the War is Remembered?': Violent Sex and the Korean War in Silver Stallion, Spring in My Hometown, and The Taebaek Mountains}}
- {{Cite web|url=http://www.koreanfilm.org/kfilm98.html#spring|title=Spring in My Hometown|accessdate=2008-01-10|last=Paquet|first=Darcy|publisher=koreanfilm.org}}
- {{Cite web|url=http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=04965|title=Spring in my Hometown(Aleummda-un sijeol)(1998)|accessdate=2008-01-10|publisher=KMDb Korean Movie Database}}
- {{Cite web|url=http://www.cine21.com/Movies/Mov_Movie/movie_detail.php?s=base&id=90|title=아름다운 시절 Spring in My Hometown, 1998|accessdate=2008-01-10|publisher=Cine21}}
- "[http://www.asian-studies.org/EAA/RetrieveArchive.asp?f=%2F7%2F1%2F458.pdf Hope, Despair, and Memory of the Koreans' War: Spring in My Hometown]{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}," Minjung Kim and Trenia Walker, Education About Asia 7.1 Spring 2002 (Free access after registration)
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Category:1990s Korean-language films
Category:1990s South Korean films
Category:Best Picture Grand Bell Award winners