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Here is the news on this week's movie releases. Director Na Hong-jin's 'Hope,' the most anticipated Korean film of the year, has been released.
Reporter Lee Joo-hyoung has the story.
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[Hope / Director: Na Hong-jin / Starring: Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Jung Ho-yeon]
'Hope,' which has been a topic of conversation since the Cannes Film Festival, has finally been released.
With a 57% share of total screen capacity in theaters nationwide, 'Hope' recorded an opening day box office turnout of approximately 330,000 admissions.
'Hope' is an action film about aliens appearing in a rural village in Gangwon Province near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). When the aliens kill villagers and devastate the town for unknown reasons, the police and the villagers band together to fight back.
[Na Hong-jin / Director: I wanted to create a frame where the actors playing human roles perform traditional, practical action, and have that collide with computer graphics.]
The actors also delivered realistic performances while imagining alien creatures rarely seen in Korean cinema.
[Hwang Jung-min / Actor: I think I kept contemplating how I would actually react if I were to encounter something like that. In what way would I respond?]
While the film has reached the highest level of technical achievement in Korean cinema, there are differing opinions regarding its artistic success, making its box office performance a point of interest.
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[Other People's Children / Director: Rebecca Zlotowski / Starring: Jodie Foster, Virginie Efira, Mathieu Amalric]
'Other People's Children' is a film featuring a sophisticated French-language performance by renowned actor Jodie Foster, a two-time Academy Award winner for Best Actress.
The story follows a psychiatrist in Paris, played by Jodie Foster, who becomes suspicious of a patient's death and pursues the truth. It is a lighthearted investigative drama that oscillates between mystery and comedy.
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[Minions & Monsters / Director: Pierre Coffin]
'Minions & Monsters,' the seventh film in the 'Despicable Me' universe and the third installment in the 'Minions' series, has also been released.
The cute yet mischievous characters, the Minions, cause chaos against the backdrop of the Hollywood film industry.
The film is even more enjoyable if you are familiar with film history.
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[The Possibilist / Director: Park Yi-yoon-jung / Starring: Hwang Hyun-jin, Lee Ji-yeon, and others]
Animal rights, veganism, and the ban on dog meat consumption are all part of a cultural trend that shares the same core values.
'The Possibilist' is an interview-based documentary film that captures the stories of female activists who have been at the forefront of issues such as the release of the dolphin Jedol, the spread of veganism, and the enactment of the law banning dog meat consumption.
Reported by Kim Seung-tae | Video by Choi Hye-ran
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