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A TAXI DRIVER (Past Film)
SALES All rights, World DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, KOREA (South)
 
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Completed - KOREAN, ENGLISH - Drama - 139 minutes

Log Line

May, 1980. A taxi driver in Seoul drives a foreigner, a German journalist, down to Gwangju city for big money, not knowing his hidden agenda.

Previous markets

  • Berlin EFM 2017 (Debut)
  • Cannes 2017 (Premiere)
  • FILMART 2017 (Line up)
  • Busan 2017 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2017

Director(s) : Hoon JANG
Writer(s) : Yuna EOM
Cast : Kang-Ho SONG, Thomas KRETSCHMANN, Yoo HAI-JIN

Producer(s) : Un-kyoung PARK (The LAMP )

Synopsis

May, 1980. Man-seob (SONG Kang-ho) is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone after his wife past away with high hospital bills behind. One day, he hears that there is a foreigner who’s willing to pay big money for a drive down to Gwangju city and back. Not knowing that the foreigner is a German journalist (Thomas Kretschmann) with a hidden agenda to investigate the strange rumors of Gwangju, Man-seob takes the job and the two start off on their journey together.

Production

Country(ies) : KOREA (South)

HONG KONG Apr 21, 2018 EMPHASIS VIDEO
ITALY TUCKER FILM (UD
JAPAN Apr 21, 2018 THE KLOCKWORX C
KOREA (Sou SHOWBOX CORP.
PERU Apr 21, 2018 GATENO FILMS
RUSSIA TILLIT STYLE
SPAIN Oct 01, 2018 CINEMARAN SPAIN
TAIWAN Sep 08, 2017 MOVIECLOUD, LTD
UNITED KIN Aug 25, 2017 TRINITY FILMED
USA Aug 11, 2017 WELL GO USA, IN

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Festivals and Awards

Busan IFF 2017 Korean Cinema Today - Panorama


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