🐟 Die to live, that’s the plan. In the upcoming K-film “The Land of Morning Calm,” a young man from a small fishing village dreaming of a better life is helped by a stubborn old fisherman. Their big lie — Is it an act of desperation or hope?
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A young man trying to escape his hard luck fakes his own death. An old fisherman who helps him is torn by the truth when their dangerous lie takes their small fishing village by storm and his family won’t give up on him. Park Ri-woong, who made a name for himself in 2022 with his directorial debut film “The Girl on a Bulldozer,” returns with this promising film that swept three coveted awards at the 29th Busan International Film Festival. Touted as “a bulldozer of a narrative” and “the most intense Korean film of 2024,” “The Land of Morning Calm” portrays how a hopeful young man’s desperate behavior wreaks havoc on the calm, weather-beaten life of a seaside village. Veteran actors Yoon Joo-sang and Yang Hee-kyung will not disappoint, delivering depths of emotion with every facial expression or tone of voice.
