Korean director Park Chan-wook will be granted this year the ANONIMUL Trophy for his contribution to world cinema on Monday, 8 August, within the Festival's Opening Gala.
The Gala will be followed by the Romanian premiere screening of his latest feature,
Agassi / The Handmaiden, included in the Official Competition at Cannes 2016. The screening will be attended by the director, by actress Kim Hae-sook and producer Wonjo Jeong.
Agassi / The Handmaiden, inspired by the novel Fingersmith by British writer Sarah Waters, in the Korea of the '30s, during the Japanese occupation. A new girl, Sookee, is hired by
heiress Hideko, who lives a secluded life on an extended property in a rural area, with her domineering uncle, Kouzuki. However, the girl has a secret: she is a pickpocket recruited by a charlatan personifying a Japanese count so as to be able to seduce the heiress. The plan works out until Sookee and Hideko discover they have unexpected feelings for each other.
Within the retrospective dedicated to director Park Chan-wook, ANONIMUL Film Festival will present the following titles:
Join Security Area,
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance,
Oldboy,
Lady Vengeance and
Thirst.
The screening of
Thirst will be followed by a Q&A session with director and actress Kim Hae-sook.
Director Park Chan-wook will also deliver a masterclass on Thursday, 11 August, after the screening of
Oldboy, the last film of the retrospective.
ANONIMUL 13 will unfold between
8-14 August, in Sfântu Gheorghe, in the Danube Delta.
