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From Seoul to Varanasi

Baranasi

South Korea, India

2011

96 Min
Color
2.35:1
Korean, English
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DIR Jeon Kyu-hwan

PROD Choi Mi-ae

SCR Jeon Kyu-hwan

DP Jung Soon Choi

CAST Yoon Dong-hwan, Choi Won-jung, Shin Ye-an, Nollaig Walsh, Cassandra Holmes, Nigel D'Sa

ED Han Jong-hoon, Park Hae-oh

MUSIC Choi In-yang, Kim Soo-hee

SOUND Lee Sung-ho

Berlinale (Panorama)

Synopsis

The CEO of a successful publishing company he has an affair with one of the company’s contracted writer while his wife looks for something missing in her life. When she accidentally meets Kerim, a young Lebanese waiter at an Indian restaurant next to where she takes yoga classes life changes in an unforeseeable way. –IMDb

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Jeon Kyu-hwan

Up and coming director Jeon Kyu-Hwan received favorable reviews for his debut film Mozart Town (2008). He then directed his second film, Animal Town, which received even more wonderful reviews from critics and journalists. Kyu-Hwan has been a critical success both at home and abroad for his mastery of Cinematic Arts. Dance Town was selected for the Berlin Film Festival. Currently, he is working on his fourth film, Varanasi. —Seattle International Film Festival 

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Busan 2011: FROM SEOUL TO VARANASI Review

By Twitchfilm.com on January 5, 2012
Jeon Kyu-hwan of late has won critical acclaim at film festivals with his town trilogy Mozart Town in 2008, Animal Town 2009 and Dance Town 2010. His new outlet is a few global projects all dubbed ‘Radical
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