The global impact of the epidemic is huge, including the film industry, which has finally improved this year, and major film festivals have also resumed.
However, due to the impact of the epidemic, the Cannes Film Festival, which was originally held in May every year, was postponed to July this year, from July 6 to July 17 in Cannes, France.
The first day of the 74th Cannes Film Festival first ushered in the appearance of the members of the main competition section jury, which was chaired by black director Spike Lee, including Korean actor Song Kang-ho, as well as Maggie Gyllenhaal, Melanie Roland, Taha Raheem, Marty Diop, Jessica Hausna, Claiber Mendoza Jr., and Marlene Famo.
Song Kanghao, who is affectionately known as "Uncle Cake" by Chinese film fans, is a famous Korean actor who does not need to be introduced too much.
Several of his masterpieces are not only film masterpieces, but also break the film itself and become works that create more practical significance: "Memories of Killing", "Defender", "Parasite", especially "Parasite" directed by Bong Joon-ho and starring Song Kanghao in 2019, which became the best of the year recognized by the entire East-West world, and won the award, including the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
Song Kanghao has long been a king-type player with multiple movie emperors in hand, it can be said that as long as there is a movie he starred in, the audience can't help but want to see, because the three words of Song Kanghao are already a kind of Korean film quality assurance.
This time, he went to Cannes and held two hats – both as a judge and as a lead actor, to promote the Korean film "Emergency Declaration", which was shortlisted for the non-competition section of this year's Cannes Film Festival.
The film will premiere in Cannes on July 16, in addition to him, there is also the film's director Han Jae-lin and two other actors: Lee Byung-hyun and Ren Shi-wan, who are also determined to attend this year's Cannes Film Festival, unfortunately, the heroine Jeon Do-yeon cannot attend because of work reasons.
"Emergency Declaration" is a realistic air disaster film, which began filming in 2019 and experienced the epidemic in 2020, which also gave the film plenty of time to produce. Recently, the film has exposed the first trailer, "emergency declaration" is an aviation term, refers to the aircraft in the face of a disaster situation, the captain issued an unconditional landing declaration in the case of normal flight.
The story of the film revolves around the sudden announcement of an emergency landing of a plane, a suspicious man boarding the plane, and soon after a passenger dies for unknown reasons, leaving the other passengers in a state of fear and panic.
Affected by the epidemic, Korean movies have also been silent for a long time, this configuration of "two kings and one queen", the superstar-studded "Emergency Declaration" undoubtedly gathered thousands of eyes, because the lineup is too strong! To be honest, such a Korean film lineup is simply irresistible, and I directly want to book five stars.
The director of the film is Han Jae-lin, whose representative works include "The Purpose of Love", as well as "Elegant World" and "Guan Xiang" starring Song Kanghao, as well as "The King", which has received multiple nominations. This is also his third film with Song Kanghao.
Starring Song Kanghao, the third time to cooperate with director Han Jae-lin, tacit understanding has no need to say more.
This time, Uncle Cake plays Ren Hao, a veteran criminal police officer who tracks down the crash, and he receives a message about a man threatening to launch a terrorist attack on the plane. During the course of his investigation, he discovered that the suspect had boarded flight K1501, which was from Incheon Airport in South Korea to Hawaii.
In addition to Song Kanghao, there is also an idol-turned-acting school of Li Bingxian.
He has been full of energy after all these years, and last year's "Ministers of Namsan" swept the best actor in South Korea's major awards. Those who used to think he was handsome have now become the first to think that he has good acting skills, and the characters he plays are also various contrasts, which makes people feel his ever-changing acting ability.
In "Emergency Declaration", Lee Bingxian plays a man with a fear of flying, and when he takes his daughter on a plane, he finds the man who threatened them at the airport and boards the same flight as himself.
After that, there was an emergency on the plane, and he had to stabilize his emotions on the one hand, and protect his daughter on the other hand.
Quan DuYan, durable looks, unique temperament, acting skills have been steady for so many years, in 2007 with "Miyang" early to become a Cannes film queen, coincidentally, the male protagonist of that movie is exactly Song Kanghao.
In The Emergency Declaration, Jeon Do-yeon plays the minister of transport who deals with the emergency.
The above "two kings and one queen" is already a very top-matching cast, but the other leading actors in "Emergency Declaration" are also very strong in acting, and the appearance is also online.
Kim Nam-woo, a famous South Korean actor, representative work "Queen Of Virtue" and "Bad Man", that year's "Bad Man" fascinated many female audiences, and now he is the age of the uncle, handsome, and his acting skills are more progressive.
In "Emergency Declaration", he starred as Hyun-so, the co-pilot of the plane, who wanted to land the plane safely at all costs.
At the end of his term, he became famous with the teenager Xu Yan in "The Moon Embracing the Sun", because he starred in the high-scoring movie "The Defender" with Song Kanghao and other predecessors, becoming a dazzling new star, and also allowing him to receive multiple best newcomer nominations, allowing people to see that in addition to being handsome, he also has strong performance potential.
In addition, the Korean drama "Unborn" that he later starred in also made him the focus of attention again, and won awards for it, and is now a new generation of male stars in the popular Korean film and television circle.
This time in the "Emergency Declaration", he starred as a mysterious man Zhenshi who came to the airport but did not have a fixed destination, because at the airport, he was inadvertently seen by He's daughter as if he was doing something, and he was angered and chose a flight to the same destination as He.
Park Hae-joon, I believe that many viewers who like to watch Korean dramas remember that there was a super popular "The World of Couples" last year, and he was the actor of the husband in the play.
This time in the "Emergency Declaration", he played the head of the presidential crisis management center, Ki-woo, and he was shaken when faced with the need to take into account the safety of the passengers on the plane or the safety of the citizens on the ground.
Kim So-jin, famous for playing a prosecutor in the Korean drama "The King", won several Awards for Best Supporting Actress in South Korea, and she also starred in the aforementioned Lee Byung-hyun starring in "The Ministers of Namsan".
In the "Emergency Declaration", she played the foreman flight attendant Xu Qing, who originally wanted to end her career with this flight, who knew that the sudden situation made her have to face everything with a professional and calm and restrained attitude.
"Emergency Declaration" This movie is very hard, and director Han Zailin revealed that it was his own experience of fear of flying that helped him create this story. In order to select actors who interpret different passenger images and performances in front of the camera, such "dragon suit actors" alone have undergone five rounds of auditions.
In order to make the film realistic, from the beginning of the screenwriting stage, I consulted people in various fields related to flight, and did not want to ignore any small details related to flight and even aircraft manufacturing.
Compared with this emergency that occurred on the plane, many viewers can't help but compare "Emergency Declaration" with the previous Korean zombie film "Busan Trip", and the artistic director of "Emergency Declaration" Lee Mu-won is also the artistic director of "Busan Trip" and "Walking with God".
This time, when the interior of the aircraft was built, the real aircraft fuselage and components were used, and the shots of the aircraft diving and unpowered flight were also shot in the physical scene, and the lighting also used the real aircraft interior lighting.
Sure enough, this movie is a full range of blockbuster level level, South Korea has not produced such a blockbuster for a long time, I don't know if it can become another "Busan Trip" level movie?
Such a lineup, such a story, such a configuration, choose to premiere in Cannes, no bottom is certainly not dare, so I am very much looking forward to this "Emergency Declaration".
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