KING AND THE CLOWN

KING AND THE CLOWN / 왕의 남자

2005, 119 minutes
Director: Lee Jun-ik
Cast: Kam Woo-sung, Jun Jin-young and Lee Joon-gi

A taboo-shattering film that’s been called Korea’s Brokeback Mountain, King and the Clown is a tale of two itinerant clowns. Under a death sentence for treason, the clowns' ability to make the King laugh is their last hope for a pardon. The pressure brings the two entertainers closer to expressing the film’s homosexual subtext than Korean audiences are used to seeing depicted on the big screen. When the King takes to one of the clowns, desire, politics and blood begin to pull them apart.

Saturday, August 25, 7:00 PM @ Cinema Village
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Festivals and Awards

2007 Festival du Film Asiatique de Deauville—Jury Prize
2006 Blue Dragon Movie Awards—Best Original Soundtrack
2006 Korea Film Awards—Best New Actor (Lee Joon-gi)
2006 Chunsa Film Awards—Best Actor (Kam Woo-sung) and
2006 Grand Bell Awards— Best New Actor (Lee Joon-gi), Best Supporting Actor (Yoo Hae-jin)
        and Best New Actor (Kam Woo-sung)
2006 Paeksang Art Awards—First Prize and Best New Actor (Lee Joon-gi)

Director’s Filmography