Jang Nara arrives with father and brother

For the next ten days, the city of Bucheon, not far from Seoul in Kyunggi (Gyeonggi) province, is hosting the 13th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival, or PiFan. (Like Pusan International Film Festival, the film festival has kept the old spelling and acronym although the city names are now romanized with the “B” instead of the “P.”)

PiFan is a genre film festival, focusing on thriller, mystery, horror, and fantasy selections. This year the festival screens more than 200 films in eight categories that include Family Fanta (fantastic genre films appropriate for families), Ani Fanta (animation, one of the festival’s main categories), World Fantastic Cinema, and Fantastic Shorts. The Retrospectives portion comprises a “City of Romance” subcategory, screening Hong Kong movies from the ’80s, as well as “Eroticscape,” featuring Korean urban erotica from the ’80s.

The festival opened on July 16, its red carpet walked by celebs like Jang Nara, Lee Jong-hyuk, and Gu Hye-sun. PiFan will close on July 26.

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Lee Hana (Le Grand Chef) is currently appearing in the new MBC drama Triple, but also has an upcoming film project as well, in which she stars opposite top veteran actor Ahn Sung-ki (The Divine Weapon). The movie is Fair Love [페어러브] and recently completed filming.

In the movie, Ahn plays a lonely single man, while Lee Hana is his friend’s daughter; their meeting helps him rediscover the meaning of his life. I’m guessing that doesn’t happen right away, as Lee Hana’s character steals money from Ahn’s character and hides for eight years, only returning after hearing her father is suffering from cancer. Ahn Sung-ki plays a man who has worked his whole life in a cramped workshop repairing cameras, who receives a request from his dying friend to watch over his daughter.

Lee Hana said of this role, “It’s like a dream for me just to be able to act with national actor Ahn Sung-ki, whom I respect. I was able to learn a lot from him, and really enjoyed the time spent filming this movie, which allows me to show a new side to myself.”

I’ve expressed a bit of hesitation over Lee Hana’s portrayal of the coach character in Triple (too listless in a cast of bright, lovable types), but this kind of character in this kind of melodrama may suit her a lot better. And working with Ahn Sung-ki is quite a coup for her, I think.

Fair Love is aiming for a theatrical release later this year.

Via My Daily

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