LEAFF’s #KCinema100 series, a celebration of the centenary of Korean cinema, starts on Friday with Director Han Hyeong-Mo’s HYPERBOLAE OF YOUTH (1956), one of Korea’s earliest comedies.
The screening is at London’s historic Cinema Museum, once home to the great Charlie Chaplin. The screening will be followed by a reception with Korean food and soju in partnership with HiteJinro.
Hyperbolae of Youth (청춘쌍곡선)
Dir: Han Hyeong-Mo (1956, 94 min)
Cast: Hwang Hae, Jee Hak-Ja, Lee Bin-Hwa, Yang Hun, Yang Seok-Cheon, Kim Hee-Gap, Bok Hye-Suk, Jee Bang-Yeol, Ko Seon-Ae, Kyeong Yoon-Su
Friday 22 March 2019, 19:00 – 22:00
The Cinema Museum | The Master’s House | 2 Dugard Way (off Renfrew Road) | London SE11 4TH | www.cinemamuseum.org.uk
Doors from 6pm, screening at 7pm | Book tickets
Synopsis
Myeong-ho (Hwang Hae), a middle school teacher who had grown up in poverty, and Bu-nam (Yang Hun), the first son of the president of a trading company, attend the same university. A doctor suggests that Bu-nam, who is sick due to overeating, and Myeong-ho, who suffers from malnutrition, should switch life styles for two weeks. While living in each other’s house, they fall in love with each other’s younger sister and get married at a joint wedding ceremony.
This screening is organised to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Korean cinema in partnership with Seoul Metropolitan Government, Korean Film Archive, and HiteJinro.
It’s worth seeing just for the musical number by a group of (I think 3) nurses early on in the film.
Sorry I missed it – it was such short notice (back to the bad old days of Korean cultural promotion…).
And I’ve never seen the word “Hyperbolae” anywhere else in my life.
Yes, I confess I’d never seen it in the plural before. But it’s the English title given in the Korean Film Archive YouTube Channel.