Just like a delicious dinner… Colorful Mid-Autumn Festival Movies – Maeil Business News

As rich as the Chinese New Year’s dinner, films dazzle the theater district. In the absence of masterpieces due to the prolonged pandemic (epidemic pandemic), various genres welcome the audience. In particular, this year, action movies that will wash away the frustration caused by social distancing have been added to the main lineup.

As a new work aimed at the Chuseok season, the most striking work is ‘Voice’. This is the story of Seo-Jun (Byun Yo-Han), a former detective at a construction site in Busan, who went to search for the loss of money from voice phishing calls made to employees at the construction site in Busan. Infiltrating his stronghold in China, Seo-joon confronts Kwak Pro (Kim Mu-yeol), who is the main character of the voice and general manager of the planning department, and executes an operation to recover 3 billion won. It is directed by twin directors Kim Gok and Kim Seon. It is good to raise awareness about voice phishing, which will be on the rise ahead of the Chuseok holiday. There are also works that are good for finding family love for the holidays. It is a ‘miracle’ starring Lee Seong-min, Park Jung-min, and Lim Yoon-ah. Jun-kyung (Park Jeong-min), who lives in the mountains where the railway passes, sent dozens of letters to the Blue House asking, “Please build a train station in the village.” It was because the commute to school was over 5 hours round trip. Contrary to his son’s heart, Tae-yoon (Lee Seong-min), the father of an engineer who is a principled engineer, is consistent with his naive reaction. Even in the midst of his father’s gloom, Joon-kyung proceeds with the plan to build a train station with the help of Ra-hee (Im Yoon-ah). This work was inspired by ‘Yangwon Station’, the first privately owned station in Korea, made by the villagers in 1988. The 1980s landscape embodied by director Lee Jang-hoon is also suitable for immersing in memories.

Works that will blow away the dread of social distancing are also recommended. ‘Mogadishu’, which mobilized the most audience this year, is a representative example. It is based on the true story of the South and North Korean embassies jointly fled the city after the 1991 civil war in Somalia. Within seven weeks of its release, it drew attention to the extent of mobilizing 3.4 million viewers. Leading actors Kim Yun-seok, Jo In-seong, and Koo Gwan-hwa, and director Ryu Seung-wan visit the theater to directly communicate with the audience on Chuseok. Starting with Megabox COEX on the 18th, they will greet each other at the entrance of Lotte Cinema Konkuk University, Lotte Cinema World Tower, and CGV Yongsan I’Park Mall. Marvel’s ‘The Legend of Shang-Chi and Ten Rings’ also surpassed 1.2 million viewers and made a name for itself. If you are looking for works that stimulate your artistic sensibility in the fall, I recommend ‘Tove Jansson’. It is a work depicting the life of Tove Jansson (1914-2001), a writer famous for Finland’s national character ‘Moomin’. Moomin, the prototype of a monster in Norse folklore, has been loved for over 70 years as the protagonist in fairy tales, cartoons, and animations in the Western world. ‘Tove Jansson’ is the first biopic about Jansson. It is a work that contains all the tension and anxiety, joy and frustration of the 30-year-old unknown artist, Jansson.

The movie ‘I’m Your Man’ questions the meaning of existence of humans and robots in the age of omnipotence of technology. Alma (Maren Eggert), an archaeologist at the Pergamon Museum, participates in an experiment that tests a humanoid robot that will replace the perfect mate to raise money for research. Through this, Alma meets Tom (Dan Stevens), a customized romance partner programmed with an excellent algorithm only for ‘Alma’. As Alma enters into a special three-week cohabitation with Tom, she encounters a variety of emotions. Actress Maren Eggert won the Silver Bear Award for Best Performance at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival for this film.

At CGV, you can see the live performance of the band Jannabi, the movie ‘Jannabi Fantastic Old Fashioned Returns! x Nonsense II’ is also being screened. It received overwhelming support from fans to the extent that it reached #5 on the charts. It is an opportunity to feel the atmosphere of a concert hall where your hips are shaking instead of a movie in the theater district. One more reason to go to the theater.

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