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C'est Si Bon
C'est Si Bon
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Kim Hyun-seok
Written by	Kim Hyun-seok
Produced by	Kang Myeong-chan; Lee Woo-jung;
Starring	Kim Yoon-seok; Jung Woo; Kim Hee-ae; Han Hyo-joo; Jang Hyun-sung; Jin Goo; Kang Ha-neul;
Cinematography	Lee Mo-gae
Edited by	Kim Sang-bum; Kim Jae-bum;
Music by	Lee Byung-hoon
Production; company	Nogunri Pictures
Distributed by	CJ Entertainment
Release date	February 5, 2015;
Running time	122 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Budget	US$5.5 million
Box office	US$11.8 million

C'est si bon (Korean: 쎄시봉; RR: Ssesibong) is a 2015 South Korean musical drama film written and directed by Kim Hyun-seok.^[3]^[4] It was released on February 5, 2015.^[5]

C'est si bon (French for "It's so good") was an acoustic music lounge located in Mugyo-dong, Seoul.^[6] During the 1960s and 1970s, the venue was very popular with Koreans in their twenties and thirties, who went there to listen to live music.^[7] Among the bands known for having played there was the folk music duo Twin Folio composed of Yoon Hyung-joo and Song Chang-sik; this film depicts the band's beginnings while including a fictional third member, Oh Geun-tae.^[8]^[9]^[10]

Plot

In the late 1960s, C'est si bon is the music lounge every unknown acoustic band dreams of playing. It is where Geun-tae, a naïve country boy, meets musical prodigies and rivals Hyung-joo and Chang-sik. Together they form a band and name themselves after the iconic venue — the C'est si bon Trio. As the three young musicians bicker over their music, beautiful socialite Ja-young enters the picture and becomes their muse, launching a series of moving love songs. Ja-young falls for the pure-hearted Geun-tae, but they part ways when she accepts a once-in-lifetime shot at an acting career. 20 years later in the 1990s, Geun-tae and Ja-young meet again.

Cast

Main

Kim Yoon-seok as Oh Geun-tae (40s)^[11]^[12]
- Jung Woo as Oh Geun-tae (20s)
Kim Hee-ae as Min Ja-young (40s)
- Han Hyo-joo as Min Ja-young (20s)
Jang Hyun-sung as Lee Jang-hee (40s)
- Jin Goo as Lee Jang-hee (20s)

Supporting

Kang Ha-neul as Yoon Hyung-joo^[13]
Jo Bok-rae as Song Chang-sik
Kwon Hae-hyo as Kim Choon-sik
Choi Kyu-hwan as Teacher Lee
Lee Mi-so as Ran
Lee Ji-hoon as MC Lee
Park Sung-eun as Guk ("Soup")
Moon Ji-in as Juk ("Porridge")
Lee Dae-yeon as Geun-tae's father
Kim Mi-kyung as Geun-tae's mother
Oh Ha-nee as High School girl
Jung Yeon-joo as Wardrobe actress
Ahn Jae-hong as Byeong-cheol
Lee Yong-yi as Geun-tae's aunt
Jo Wan-gi as Jae-pil
Jang Ji-in as Mi-ran
Lee Sang-hee as Writer Yeo
Kim In-kwon as Jo Young-nam (cameo)
Kim Jae-wook as Kang Myeong-chan (cameo)

Reception

C'est si bon was released in South Korea on February 5, 2015. It topped the box office on its opening weekend, with 642,000 admissions and ₩5.14 billion (US$4.63 million) gross over four days,^[5]^[14]^[15] but it quickly dropped down the chart in the following weeks, eventually grossing a lackluster ₩13,556,519,358 (US$11.5 million) from 1,715,370 admissions (halfway its break-even point of 3 million admissions).^[16]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2015	20th Chunsa Film Art Awards^[17]	Best Screenplay	Kim Hyun-seok	Nominated
	51st Paeksang Arts Awards	Best New Actor	Jo Bok-rae	Nominated
	19th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival^[18]	Fantasia Award	Jung Woo	Won
	24th Buil Film Awards	Best Music	Lee Byung-hoon	Nominated
	52nd Grand Bell Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Jin Goo	Nominated
	52nd Grand Bell Awards	Best Music	Lee Byung-hoon	Nominated

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