Closing night
Alienoid
(Oegye+in 1bu)
Choi Dong-hoon
- 2022
- South Korea
- Fantasy / Science-fiction / Action
- 2h22mn
- Original version with French subtitles
- Color
European premiere
In the fourteenth century, at the end of the Goryeo dynasty, someTaoist monks search for a divine sword : nowadays South Korea is under attack by aliens. A time rift will bring the protagonists together by traveling from one world to the other.
The gates of time have no more secrets for Dong-hoon Choi. After Woochi, relating the adventures of a Taoist monk sent to modern day Korea, he’s back with this amusing blend of the traditional wedding story and apocalyptic scifi full of digital special effects, a chaotic hybrid inviting all the action genres to meld them into a tornado of rejoicing anachronisms, rich with magic spells, martial arts, explosions and aliens. This exuberant movie ‘s big success in Korean cinemas made a sequel compulsory. Hang on to your seats, the festival ends like a fireworks display, with quite a final bang.
Credits
- With : Ryu Jun-yeol, Kim Woo-bin, Kim Tae-ri, So Ji-sub, Yum Jung-ah
- Screenplay : Choi Dong-hoon
- Photography : Kim Tae-kyung
- Production : Choi Dong-hoon, Ahn Soo-hyun
- Music by : Kim Tae-kyung
