Dooman River

Dooman River
Film poster
Directed byZhang Lu
Screenplay byZhang Lu
Produced byGuillaume de Seille
Lee Jeong-jin
Woo Hye-kyung
StarringCui Jian
Yin Lan
CinematographyXu Wei
Edited byFrancois Quiquere
Production
companies
Lu Films
Arizona Films
Release dates
  • August 25, 2010 (2010-08-25) (France)
  • March 17, 2011 (2011-03-17) (South Korea)
Running time
93 minutes
CountriesSouth Korea
France
LanguagesKorean
Mandarin

Dooman River (French: La Rivière Tumen; Korean: 두만강; Chinese: 图们江; also known as Tumen River) is a 2010 French-South Korean co-production directed by Korean-Chinese filmmaker Zhang Lu.[1][2][3]

It received a Special Mention from the Generation 14Plus Youth Jury at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival, and won the Jury Prize at the 8th Festival Paris Cinéma, the NETPAC Award at the 15th Busan International Film Festival, Best Director (for Zhang) and Best Actress (for Yin Lan) at the 3rd International Film Festival East-West in Orenburg, and Best Film in the International Feature Competition of the 47th International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival.[4][5][6]

Premise

In Yanbian near the Tumen River, which serves as the border between North Korea and China's Jilin Province, two teenage boys from opposite sides of the river become friends.[7]

Cast

  • Cui Jian as Chang-ho
  • Yin Lan as Soon-hee
  • Lin Jinlong as Grandfather
  • Li Jinglin
  • Xin Xhuangshen
  • Jin Xinyan
  • Yuan Yonglan

References

  1. ^ Cho, Jae-eun (15 March 2011). "Elusive filmmaker opens up". Korea Joongang Daily. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Dooman River". uniFrance films (in French). Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  3. ^ Mintzer, Jordan (1 August 2010). "Review: Dooman River". Variety. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  4. ^ Smith, Nigel M. (19 February 2010). "Berlinale's Generation 14plus Awards Reach Out to Youth". Indiewire. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  5. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (13 July 2010). "Dooman River wins at Paris Cinema". Variety. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  6. ^ Kim, Heidi (15 December 2010). "Dooman River awarded at Russian film festival". 10Asia. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  7. ^ Bardot, Nicolas (2010). "La Rivière Tumen". Film de Culte (in French). Retrieved 15 January 2015.


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