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  1. K-Cinema | Take Care of My Mom (말임씨를 부탁해)

    K-Cinema | Take Care of My Mom (말임씨를 부탁해)

    Director
    Park Kyung-mok
    Running Time
    110 Minute
    Join us for the second of two K-Cinema screening events in January exploring the importance of family and connection, featuring the timely 2022 comedy-drama Take Care of My Mom (말임씨를 부탁해).   When family members feel more like strangers than a hired caretaker, what is an aging parent to do? Malim (Kim Yeong-ok), age 85 and living alone, finds her independent lifestyle increasingly difficult to maintain. Her son, faced with his own financial and family burdens, is simply unavailable, and Malim’s discomfort is only worsened by the quirky but sincere caretaker he sends. When the Seollal (Lunar New Year) holiday brings the family together, tensions finally explode out into the open.   Director Park Kyung-mok's impactful feature debut Take Care of My Mom (2022) confronts the reality of caring for aging parents, a major societal challenge in modern Korea where a rapidly aging population has collided with a low birth rate and relentless economic pressure.   Take Care of My Mom (말임씨를 부탁해) Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 5:30 PM (seating opens at 5:00 PM) Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C. (2370 Massachusetts Ave. NW) Free with an RSVP! Complimentary snacks. In Korean with English subtitles. Not rated. 110 minutes. RSVP FOR THIS EVENT!  
    • Jan 29, 2025 ~ Jan 29, 2025
  2. K-Cinema | Lucky Chan-sil (찬실이는 복도 많지)

    K-Cinema | Lucky Chan-sil (찬실이는 복도 많지)

    Director
    Kim Cho-hee
    Running Time
    96 Minute
    Join us for the first of two K-Cinema screenings in January exploring family and the importance of connection, featuring the hit 2020 comedy-drama-romance Lucky Chan-sil (찬실이는 복도 많지).   Chan-sil, a producer, finds herself unemployed after the sudden death of her long-time film collaborator. Out of prospects, luck, and a bit out of her mind, she moves into a cheap room to regroup and start from scratch. Has her luck really run out, or is a new life and love waiting just around the corner?   Lucky Chan-sil (2020) is the award-winning directorial debut for Kim Cho-hee, herself a former producer for famed auteur director Hong Sangsoo. Kim’s charming and insightful film mirrors her own real-life anxieties breaking free from the shadow of a male colleague, and features academy award winner Youn Yuh-jung alongside Kang Mal-geum in the title role.   Lucky Chan-sil (찬실이는 복도 많지) Wednesday, Jan. 15 at 6:00 PM (seating opens at 5:30 PM) Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C. (2370 Massachusetts Ave. NW) Free with an RSVP! Complimentary snacks. In Korean with English subtitles. Not rated. 96 minutes.   RSVP FOR THIS EVENT!
    • Jan 15, 2025 ~ Jan 15, 2025
  3. K-Cinema | Decision to Leave (헤어질 결심)

    K-Cinema | Decision to Leave (헤어질 결심)

    Director
    Park Chan-wook
    Running Time
    139 Minute
    Join us at the KCCDC for a special K-Cinema double feature of two very different romances—one a retro throwback to sentimental 90s vibes and the other a tense modern neo-noir thriller—on two dates this December! Christmas In August (8월의 크리스마스) Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 5:00 PM  Details here.  Decision to Leave (헤어질 결심) Wednesday, Dec. 18 at 6:00 PM Details below.  Decision to Leave (헤어질 결심) What happens when an object of suspicion becomes a case of obsession? From a mountain peak in South Korea, a man plummets to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When married detective Hae-joon (Park Hae-il) arrives on the scene, he begins to suspect the dead man’s wife Seo-rae (Tang Wei) may know more than she initially lets on. But as he digs deeper into the investigation, Hae-joon finds himself trapped in a web of deception and desire. Their encounter sets off a serpentine plot probing its characters’ dark impulses toward violence, treachery, and betrayal.  Winner of Best Director at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, The Handmaiden) delighted audiences with this seductive neo-noir romantic thriller that takes his renowned stylistic flair to new heights. The New York Times’s Manohla Dargis called it a “heady, baroque mystery infused with the kind of old-fashioned romantic fatalism that makes noir-darkened hearts flutter.”  For mature audiences. In Korean with English subtitles. Not rated (ages 15+). 139 Minutes. Come early both days for complimentary Korean snacks before each screening! Seating is limited, and RSVPs are accepted first come, first served. Decision to Leave (헤어질 결심) Wednesday, Dec. 18 at 6:00 PM (seating opens at 5:30 PM) Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C. (2370 Massachusetts Ave. NW) Free with an RSVP! Complimentary snacks. In Korean with English subtitles. Not rated (ages 15+). 139 Minutes. RSVP UPDATE:   This event has reached maximum capacity. Thank you for your interest!
    • Dec 18, 2024 ~ Dec 18, 2024
  4. K-Cinema | Christmas In August (8월의 크리스마스)

    K-Cinema | Christmas In August (8월의 크리스마스)

    Director
    Hur Jin-ho
    Running Time
    97 Minute
    Join us at the KCCDC for a special K-Cinema double feature of two very different romances—one a retro throwback to sentimental 90s vibes and the other a tense modern neo-noir thriller—on two dates this December! Christmas In August (8월의 크리스마스) Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 5:00 PM  Details below.  Decision to Leave (헤어질 결심) Wednesday, Dec. 18 at 6:00 PM Details here.  Christmas In August (8월의 크리스마스) Jung-won (Han Suk-kyu) lives with his widowed father and runs the small photo studio which he inherited. His daily routine consists of mundane tasks such as taking funeral headshot photos and developing photos of parking violations for traffic wardens. Darim (Shim Eun-ha) becomes a regular customer of the studio and the two slowly realise the special connection they have for each other. What Jung-won fails to tell her is that he is terminally ill.  Considered a classic of Korean cinema that captured sentimental 90s romance, Christmas In August (1998) was Hur Jin-ho’s directorial debut and went on to sweep Korea's major domestic film awards that year. Hur was inspired by the funeral portrait of the late folk singer Kim Kwang-suk, and his bravery smiling in the face of death. Without resorting to the standard techniques of melodrama, Hur developed a compelling portrait of love, memory and death, shining a light on the poetry of seemingly mundane lives.  In Korean with English subtitles. Not rated (ages 15+). 97 Minutes. Come early both days for complimentary Korean snacks before each screening! Seating is limited, and RSVPs are accepted first come, first served. Christmas In August (8월의 크리스마스) Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 5:00 PM  (seating open at 4:30 p.m.) Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C. (2370 Massachusetts Ave. NW) Free with an RSVP! Complimentary snacks. In Korean with English subtitles. Not rated (ages 15+). 97 Minutes. RSVP FOR THIS EVENT!
    • Dec 04, 2024 ~ Dec 04, 2024