They are two monsters of Korean cinema. On the one hand, Song Kang-ho, main actor of the film Parasite and biggest star of the seventh art in the land of Morning Calm. On the other, Kim Jee-woon, virtuoso filmmaker and jack-of-all-trades, director among others of I met the devil , Two Sisters and A Bittersweet Life . Guests of honor at the 14th edition of the Korean Film Festival in Paris (FFCP), the two men, who worked together on five feature films and a short film, agreed to answer questions from Le Figaro a few hours from the opening of the demonstration on Tuesday.
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Kim Jee-woon and Song Kang-ho at the opening of the Korean Film Festival in Paris. FFCP2019 - Jean LIM
LE FIGARO. - Why did you accept the invitation from the FFCP?
KIM Jee-woon. - We have been asked Kang-ho and I to come here several times before. Each time, we were filming or too busy to come. This year alone, I have come to Paris six times, because I have a collaboration project with France of which it is probably still too early to speak in detail (a series for Canal + co-written with
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