A Good Lawyer's Wife
This recurring program is an opportunity to present films from various eras and origins, thanks to 35mm prints acquired over the years by the Cinémathèque québécoise. This month, Wim Vandekeybus’ Blush, a spellbinding exploration of the unconscious and passion, punctuated by dance numbers and inspired by the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.
Winner of the Lotus d'or, 2004 Deauville Asian Film Festival
Ho-jung, a former dancer, is married to a prominent lawyer who cheats on her and drinks heavily. Feeling lonely, she becomes interested in a shy young neighbor who spies on her with binoculars at night.
Im Sang-soo
Im Sang-soo is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, and producer. He directed his first feature film in 1998, Girls' Night Out, in which he examines Korean society through the sexual lives of three single women. He followed with Tears (2000), a hard drama about the lives of four runaway teenagers. He became one of the leading figures of the Korean New Wave, and gained international recognition with his third film, A Good Lawyer's Wife (2003), selected at the Venice International Film Festival. The film won the Lotus d’or at the Deauville Asian Film Festival in 2004. Im Sang-soo then caused a scandal in South Korea with The President's Last Bang (2005), selected for the Directors’ Fortnight. The film was censored with four minutes of archival footage of President Park Chung-hee removed. Im Sang-soo has eventually been invited to compete for the Palme d'or at the Cannes Film Festival twice with The Housemaid (2010) and The Taste of Money (2012).
