Muoi: The Legend of a Portrait
Originaltitel: Muoi
Produktionsländer: Südkorea/Vietnam
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Regie: Kim Tae-Kyung
Darsteller: Anh Thu, Jo An, Hong Anh, Cha Ye-Ryeon
Kinostart Südkorea/Vietnam: Juli 2007
Kim Tae-Kyung, der den erfolgreichen Horrorfilm "Dead Friend" (The Ghost) 2004 inszenierte und einen großen Hit landete, findet erneut den Weg ins Horrorgenre, nachdem er vor kurzem an "The Red Shoes" mitarbeitete. Muoi: The Legend of a Portrait, so der Titel des Films, ist die erste Co-Produktion zwischen Südkorea und Vietnam. Die Produktion zum 3 Mio. Dollar teuren Film begann Ende des letzten Jahres in Vietnam und wurde schlussendlich in Korea mitsamt Post Produktion fertiggestellt.
Muoi will tell the story of a Korean girl named Jae Eun (Korean actress Joe An) who has a burning desire to become a novelist. She writes a life of her high school girl friend and the novel soon gets wide public recognition.
While thinking about her second book, she learns about a love vow named “Muoi” in Vietnam. She immediately comes to Vietnam to learn and about the vow as well as use it for inspiration. In Vietnam, she comes across the ghost named Muoi and learns that the vow originated from the death of that maiden girl.
Ein genauer Starttermin steht noch nicht fest, allerdings gibt es auch bereits einen ersten Teaser Trailer zu begutachten. Meiner Meinung nach hinterlässt dieser einen ziemlich verstörenden Eindruck, was sicherlich den ungewohnten Settings zu verdanken ist. Generell denke ich das wir hier einen etwas anderen Horrorfilm mit neuen Optionen geboten bekommen. Es wäre zu wünschen, dass so ein ambitioniertes Projekt erfolgreich in den Kinos läuft.
Desweiteren wurden ein paar wunderschöne Bilder veröffentlicht, die ich euch nicht vorenthalten möchte.
Film studio co-produces horror flick with South Korea
VietNamNet Bridge – Love can make one laugh or cry. However, the film Muoi, a co-operative venture between Vietnam's Phuoc Sang Film Studio and South Korea's Billy Pictures, aims to add fear to that spectrum
Set for release in this summer, the film centres on two love triangles. Muoi takes audiences from South Korea to Vietnam trailing Jae Eun, a Korean writer looking for ideas to complete her second book.
Consumed with becoming a great novelist, Jae Eun had turned the love affair of her best friend, Seoyeon, into material for a first novel.
Accidentally, Jae Eun discovers her friend's sad love life shares much in common with Muoi, a woman killed by her boyfriend. After her murder, Muoi, played by well-known Vietnamese actress Anh Thu, becomes a vengeful spirit.
Every night, the heart-broken ghost haunts the home of her wicked boyfriend, ripping papers, moving pictures and dripping blood.
"It's a thrilling movie with great twists and turns, fantastic acting and an intensity that makes your hair stand up on the back of your neck," said Luu Phuoc Sang, director from the Phuoc Sang Film Studio and the film's producer.
Shooting on the feature began last month and producers hope its incendiary plot will turn it into a blockbuster. It is the first co-operation between a private Vietnamese film studio and South-Korean filmmakers.
Muoi's director is Kim Tae Kyung, who drew 1mil moviegoers with another film, Ghost. Besides actor Anh Thu, his newest work includes Hong Anh and Binh Minh, two familiar names in Vietnamese acting circles, as well as Korean actresses Joe An, Cha Te-reon and Joe Kyung-jin.
While she plays only a minor role. Hong Anh said she was eager to work on a Korean production. "Firstly, I was curious about the film title. Secondly, I wanted to learn from experienced Korean filmmakers," she said.
Besides Billy Pictures, the Phuoc Sang studio also received support from the Korean Film Council (KFC), as well as Vietnam's Ministry of Information and Culture.
After spending two months in Vietnam, the film crew will move to South Korea to finished shooting and post-production work.
With investment climbing to around US$3mil, the filmmakers promise a horror flick that will keep audiences guessing. Muoi is set to be released in South Korea and Vietnam in this summer.
"We expect Muoi will be a breakthrough in Vietnamese horror films," said Phuoc Sang.
MUOI. Jo An, an actress who began her film career with Sorum and Wishing Stairs, returns to her roots with a new horror movie shot in Vietnam. This co-production, directed by Kim Tae-kyeong whose only previous feature length film was the tepid 2004 horror movie The Ghost, revolves around a portrait of a young woman. A novelist from Korea and her friend arrive in Vietnam looking for material for a new novel, and they discover strange and terrifying events occuring within the vicinity of the portrait. The other Korean part will be taken by Cha Ye-ryeon whom you may remember from A Bloody Aria and Whispering Corridors 4: Voice, and Vietnamese stars Ahn Thu and Hong Anh will also join them. This Billy Pictures/Popcorn Film will most likely receive a summer release.
Originaltitel: Muoi
Produktionsländer: Südkorea/Vietnam
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Regie: Kim Tae-Kyung
Darsteller: Anh Thu, Jo An, Hong Anh, Cha Ye-Ryeon
Kinostart Südkorea/Vietnam: Juli 2007
Kim Tae-Kyung, der den erfolgreichen Horrorfilm "Dead Friend" (The Ghost) 2004 inszenierte und einen großen Hit landete, findet erneut den Weg ins Horrorgenre, nachdem er vor kurzem an "The Red Shoes" mitarbeitete. Muoi: The Legend of a Portrait, so der Titel des Films, ist die erste Co-Produktion zwischen Südkorea und Vietnam. Die Produktion zum 3 Mio. Dollar teuren Film begann Ende des letzten Jahres in Vietnam und wurde schlussendlich in Korea mitsamt Post Produktion fertiggestellt.
Muoi will tell the story of a Korean girl named Jae Eun (Korean actress Joe An) who has a burning desire to become a novelist. She writes a life of her high school girl friend and the novel soon gets wide public recognition.
While thinking about her second book, she learns about a love vow named “Muoi” in Vietnam. She immediately comes to Vietnam to learn and about the vow as well as use it for inspiration. In Vietnam, she comes across the ghost named Muoi and learns that the vow originated from the death of that maiden girl.
Ein genauer Starttermin steht noch nicht fest, allerdings gibt es auch bereits einen ersten Teaser Trailer zu begutachten. Meiner Meinung nach hinterlässt dieser einen ziemlich verstörenden Eindruck, was sicherlich den ungewohnten Settings zu verdanken ist. Generell denke ich das wir hier einen etwas anderen Horrorfilm mit neuen Optionen geboten bekommen. Es wäre zu wünschen, dass so ein ambitioniertes Projekt erfolgreich in den Kinos läuft.
Desweiteren wurden ein paar wunderschöne Bilder veröffentlicht, die ich euch nicht vorenthalten möchte.
Film studio co-produces horror flick with South Korea
VietNamNet Bridge – Love can make one laugh or cry. However, the film Muoi, a co-operative venture between Vietnam's Phuoc Sang Film Studio and South Korea's Billy Pictures, aims to add fear to that spectrum
Set for release in this summer, the film centres on two love triangles. Muoi takes audiences from South Korea to Vietnam trailing Jae Eun, a Korean writer looking for ideas to complete her second book.
Consumed with becoming a great novelist, Jae Eun had turned the love affair of her best friend, Seoyeon, into material for a first novel.
Accidentally, Jae Eun discovers her friend's sad love life shares much in common with Muoi, a woman killed by her boyfriend. After her murder, Muoi, played by well-known Vietnamese actress Anh Thu, becomes a vengeful spirit.
Every night, the heart-broken ghost haunts the home of her wicked boyfriend, ripping papers, moving pictures and dripping blood.
"It's a thrilling movie with great twists and turns, fantastic acting and an intensity that makes your hair stand up on the back of your neck," said Luu Phuoc Sang, director from the Phuoc Sang Film Studio and the film's producer.
Shooting on the feature began last month and producers hope its incendiary plot will turn it into a blockbuster. It is the first co-operation between a private Vietnamese film studio and South-Korean filmmakers.
Muoi's director is Kim Tae Kyung, who drew 1mil moviegoers with another film, Ghost. Besides actor Anh Thu, his newest work includes Hong Anh and Binh Minh, two familiar names in Vietnamese acting circles, as well as Korean actresses Joe An, Cha Te-reon and Joe Kyung-jin.
While she plays only a minor role. Hong Anh said she was eager to work on a Korean production. "Firstly, I was curious about the film title. Secondly, I wanted to learn from experienced Korean filmmakers," she said.
Besides Billy Pictures, the Phuoc Sang studio also received support from the Korean Film Council (KFC), as well as Vietnam's Ministry of Information and Culture.
After spending two months in Vietnam, the film crew will move to South Korea to finished shooting and post-production work.
With investment climbing to around US$3mil, the filmmakers promise a horror flick that will keep audiences guessing. Muoi is set to be released in South Korea and Vietnam in this summer.
"We expect Muoi will be a breakthrough in Vietnamese horror films," said Phuoc Sang.
MUOI. Jo An, an actress who began her film career with Sorum and Wishing Stairs, returns to her roots with a new horror movie shot in Vietnam. This co-production, directed by Kim Tae-kyeong whose only previous feature length film was the tepid 2004 horror movie The Ghost, revolves around a portrait of a young woman. A novelist from Korea and her friend arrive in Vietnam looking for material for a new novel, and they discover strange and terrifying events occuring within the vicinity of the portrait. The other Korean part will be taken by Cha Ye-ryeon whom you may remember from A Bloody Aria and Whispering Corridors 4: Voice, and Vietnamese stars Ahn Thu and Hong Anh will also join them. This Billy Pictures/Popcorn Film will most likely receive a summer release.
