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Peppermint Candy(Movie, 2000)

Original title: "박하사탕" (Korean/KO)
2h 10min | Genre: Drama
Peppermint CandyRating: 3.8/5 (with 9797 votes)
Peppermint Candy (Korean: 박하사탕; RR: Bakha Satang) is a 1999 South Korean drama film by Lee Chang-dong, his second. The film opens with the implied suicide of the protagonist and uses reverse chronology to depict some of the key events of the past 20 years of his life that led to this point. It was the ninth-highest-grossing domestic film of 2000 with 311,000 admissions in Seoul. It was well-received, especially at film festivals. Spurred by the success of Lee Chang-dong's directorial debut, Green Fish, Peppermint Candy was chosen as the opening film for the Busan International Film Festival in its first showing in 1999. It won multiple awards at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and won the Grand Bell Awards for best film of 2000. ()
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Awards & Nominations for Peppermint Candy

Special Jury Prize (Karlovy Vary IFF) Grand Bell Awards Bratislava International Film Festival

About Peppermint Candy

In the spring of 1999, a group of old friends gather to celebrate their 20 year reunion. Among the group is Yeong-ho, a cold, unhappy man, whose demeanor puts a damper on the festivities. The seriousness of Yeong-ho's depression becomes apparent when he climbs a railroad bridge and looks like he might jump. At this crucial moment, memories of seven crucial episodes from Yeong-ho's past flood his mind.

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Additional Information

Production country: South Korea
Original language: Korean (KO)
Spoken languages: Korean (KO)
Translated into 15 languages: German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Indonesian (ID), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 01/01/2000
Director: Lee Chang-dong
Screenwriter: Lee Chang-dong
Director of Photography: Kim Hyung-koo
Composer: Lee Jae-jin
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"ペパーミント・キャンディ"
"Bakhasatang"
"Pakha Satang"

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