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Hansel & Gretel

Henjel gwa Geuretel

South Korea

2007

117 Min
Color
1.85:1
Korean
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DIR Yim Pil-Sung

SCR Min-sook Kim, Yim Pil-Sung

DP Kim Ji-yong

CAST Cheon Jeong-myeong, Shim Eun-kyung, Young-nam Jang, Ji-hee Jin, Park Hee-soon

ED Kim Sun-min

MUSIC Lee Byung-woo

BAFICI (Nocturna)

Synopsis

When Eun-soo gets lost in a country road, he meets a mysterious girl and is led to her fairytale-like house in the middle of the forest. There, Eun-soo is trapped with the girl and her siblings who never age. Eun-soo finally discovers a way out which is written on a fairy tale book. But the book tells a story of none other than himself! —IMDb

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Yim Pil-Sung

Born in 1972, YIM started making a few short films from 1997. Among them, “Baby “was invited to Venice Film Festival and Karlovy Vary Int’l Film Festival in 1999. He debuted with his feature < Antarctic Journal > where he explores the mystery of deaths in the severe climate. —asiacue.com 

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ElTigreNegro

24Apr13

This is how you take a classic fairy tale and give it a fresh spin. Even if it drags at times it's a fantastic visual, psychological and musical cinematic trip.

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Marcus Killerby

29Nov12

Just scrapes 4 stars, I really really liked it. The performances were great, it was very creepy most of the time and the special effects were spectacular. The film has such an imagination. It is genuinely crazy. But this is, at times, it's downfall. It aims for too much and goes on too many tangents that it struggles to be as coherent as it could be. Still, do not pass up this highly original, fantastic film

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Fx Ardhi Djohary

26Sep12

love the atmosphere Hansel & Gretel brought, unique dark fairy tale, good to watch even i don't like the ending much..

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    Algitya

    31Oct12

    eh.. i thought the ending was satisfying enough as kind of Korean. so we could take a deep exhale after that. .. ^ ^

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    Fx Ardhi Djohary

    1Nov12

    hahaha i like the "take a deep exhale" breath point :D

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Peter

10Jul12

Would like to see this, but with English or Dutch subs...

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Reel Asian 2008: HANSEL & GRETEL Review

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
God bless the South Korean film industry. Despite a current lag in quality productions (gone are the boom years of 2000-2006) coming out of Chungmuro, there is a certain type of genre-mash that seems to
read on Twitchfilm.com

헨젤과 그레텔 (Hansel and Gretel) Coming to Canada!

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
Wonderful news for our friends in Canada. Evokative Films has just announced they will bring Im Pil-Sung’s stunning sophomore effort 헨젤과 그레텔 (Hansel and Gretel) to Canada, with a limited theater run followed
read on Twitchfilm.com

Reel Asian 2008: HANSEL & GRETEL Review

By Twitchfilm.net on July 17, 2010
God bless the South Korean film industry. Despite a current lag in quality productions (gone are the boom years of 2000-2006) coming out of Chungmuro, there is a certain type of genre-mash that seems to
read on Twitchfilm.net

헨젤과 그레텔 (Hansel and Gretel) Coming to Canada!

By Twitchfilm.net on July 17, 2010
Wonderful news for our friends in Canada. Evokative Films has just announced they will bring Im Pil-Sung’s stunning sophomore effort 헨젤과 그레텔 (Hansel and Gretel) to Canada, with a limited theater run followed
read on Twitchfilm.net

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