South Korea made a splash at this year's Cannes film Festival with the competition film: THE TASTE OF MONEY (2012). Directed by Sang-soo Im, the film stars KIM Kang-Woo and KIM Hyo-Jin.
OFFICIAL CANNES PRESS SYNOPSIS
Young-jak who is a private secretary of madam Baek, the center power of Korean conglomerate, deals with immoral private issues of her wealthy family. He reports to madam Baek that her husband, Mr. Yoon is having an affair with a Filipino nanny, Eva. Madam Baek is n...
South Korea made a splash at this year's Cannes film Festival with the competition film: THE TASTE OF MONEY (2012). Directed by Sang-soo Im, the film stars KIM Kang-Woo and KIM Hyo-Jin.
OFFICIAL CANNES PRESS SYNOPSIS
Young-jak who is a private secretary of madam Baek, the center power of Korean conglomerate, deals with immoral private issues of her wealthy family. He reports to madam Baek that her husband, Mr. Yoon is having an affair with a Filipino nanny, Eva. ...
South Korea made a splash at this year's Cannes film Festival with the competition film: THE TASTE OF MONEY (2012). Directed by Sang-soo Im, the film stars KIM Kang-Woo and KIM Hyo-Jin.
OFFICIAL CANNES PRESS SYNOPSIS
Young-jak who is a private secretary of madam Baek, the center power of Korean conglomerate, deals with immoral private issues of her wealthy family. He reports to madam Baek that her husband, Mr. Yoon is having an affair with a Filipino nanny, Eva. Madam Baek i...
cast of DO-NUI MAT (THE TASTE OF MONEY) at Cannes press conference
Im Sang-Soo © RR
Money, power and subjugation, these are recurring themes in the cinema of Im Sang-Soo. With The Taste of Money, the Korean returns to the Competition two years after The Housemaid and explores cupidity, one of the great ills of the country, according to the director.
"Korean people, whether they are rich or poor, have become obsessed with money." From this premise, Im Sang-Soo imagines the story of Young-jak, the personal assistant t...
