Grape Candy / Chung-po-do Sa-tang
South Korea / 2012 / 104 min.
Director: KIM Hee-jung
[Introduction]
Sun-joo is an ordinary office worker at a bank who is preparing for her upcoming wedding with Ji-hoon, an employee at a publishing company. However, Ji-hoon, who has recently become the liaison to popular female author So-ra, does not attempt to show an enthusiastic interest in married life. One day, Ji-hoon causes a traffic accident, and rushing to the hospital, Sun-joo comes face-to-face with So-ra. In actuality, Sun-joo and So-ra were classmates in school. Sun-joo befriends So-ra, with whom she has had no contact until now, suspecting that Ji-hoon's indifference to getting married might somehow be connected to her. This will reawaken a memory of the tragic accident that happened to their mutual friend...... "Grape Candy" is the long-awaited new film by KIM Hee-jung since "The Wonder Years" (07) and depicts with a suspense-thriller style the troubles of two women trying to overcome childhood emotional scars. KIM Hee-jung's further maturity can be perceived in this film from the elaborate structure with the effective use of flashbacks, to the direction which enticed excellent performances from the two actressesÑPARK Jin-hee who plays Sun-joo and PARK JEE-yoon who plays So-ra.
KIM Hee-jung
Born in 1970. Graduated from Seoul Institute of The Arts in 1993 and entered The Polish National Film School in Lodz. Directed "Portrait of the Father," "The Appointment," and other short films during her studies. These were screened at the Chicago, Munich, and other international film festivals. Afterward, was selected to the Residence du Festival, the Cannes Film Festival's young filmmaker development program, where she developed the script that would become her feature-length directorial debut film, "The Wonder Years" (07) which was also screened at TOKYO FILMeX. "Grape Candy" is her second feature-length film.
