{"id":44977,"date":"2021-11-19T15:24:26","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T15:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=44977"},"modified":"2021-12-20T10:24:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T10:24:38","slug":"meeting-with-director-kim-jong-kwan-during-a-qa-session-at-the-london-korean-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/meeting-with-director-kim-jong-kwan-during-a-qa-session-at-the-london-korean-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting with Director Kim Jong-Kwan during a Q&A session at the London Korean Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kim Jong-Kwan\u2019s 2020 film \u2018Jos\u00e9e\u2019 tells the love story of university student Young-Seok and a young disabled women called Jos\u00e9e. Between reality and imagination, the limits are hard to define.\u00a0The film was screened at the London Korean Film Festival on Sunday 14 November and was followed by a short Q&A session with Director Kim.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cThis film is based on a Japanese short story written 40 years ago by Seiko Tanabe. 20 years ago, there was an original feature film from the same country. Based on these two, I made my own version of it. The Japanese author was a big influence on me when I was creating many different things in different ways. In my youth, the Japanese film \u2018Jos\u00e9e\u2019 was an important one.\u201d Stated Diretor Kim.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

With different characters and style from the original version, Kim Jong-Kwan expressed how his own background influenced the film. Like the character Jos\u00e9e, he lived in a poor environment when young, and loves whiskey.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy signature in films? There’s always whiskey in it!\u201d Director Kim joked.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Jos\u00e9e,\u2019 actors Han Ji-Min and Nam Joo-Hyuk (London Korean Film Festival 2021), Warner Bros Korea, Royalty Free<\/p><\/div>\n

He continued: \u201cJos\u00e9e is daydreaming. Even to that day, I do too. That’s why I\u2019m a filmmaker now. It feeds my imagination, just like she uses her imagination to travel to Scotland. But for her it\u2019s not happening, whereas I can be in London today for real, showing you this film.\u201d<\/p>\n

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