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CHOW Yun-fat Boy Meets Brownie Girl

2002, Color, 93', Live Action

Dir: NAM Ki-woong

Keyword: Drama, Comedy, Fantasy

Release: 2002-08-31

Film Awards

The 27th Hong Kong International Film Festival (2003,Hong Kong)
The 29th Seattle International Film Festival (2003,USA)
The 3rd Jeonju International Film Festival (2002,Korea)
The 21th Vancouver International Film Festival, Dragons and Tiger (2002,Canada)
The 29th Flanders Int'l Film Festival (2002,Belgium)
The 22th Hawaii International Film Festival (2002,USA)
The 13th Stokholm International Film Festival (2002,Sweden)
The 28th Seoul Independent Film Festival (2002,Korea)

Synopsis

Gun-tae, a young day-dreamer, works at a 'Backdoor Ironsmith', where they illegally make gunnery.
His everyday dream is to become a hero like CHOW Yun-fat in the movies.
One night, Gun-tae happens to carry an old man back to his home. In return, the old man gives Gun-tae a mysterious jar where Gun-tae puts in some snails received from the Machine-gun Granny', a new neighbor in town.
Incredibly, one of the pond snail turns into a girl who crawls out to do daily chores for Gun-tae. Meanwhile, a former thief named Young-baek is stirring up the could-be-peaceful village with his greed causing 'Machine-gun Granny' and the snail people to stand up against him!
At the crucial moment, will Gun-tae be able to follow the legendary footsteps of CHOW Yun-fat?

Director's Note

“CHOW Yun-fat Boy Meets Brownie Girl” is a digital-version adaptation of a Korean traditional tale, “Snail Brownie”. The old fairy tale turns into an unpredictable fantasy joined with punk music by the hand of director NAM Ki-woong (Teenage Hooker Became Killing Machine in DaeHakRoh), who is known for his experiments exploring the untouched possibilities of digital cinema with unique subjects and techniques. This digital fantasy armed with independent spirit dares to give warning to the main-stream film world for a big-time shootout.

Director's Bio / Filmography

- NAM Ki-woong

Born in 1968, KyungBook, Korea

1994    [The Festival of Walpurgis] 8mm Video, 60min.
2000    [Kang Chul] 8mm Video, 30min., color
         Best Video Award, Pusan Asian Short Film Festival (2000, Korea)
         Forbidden Zone, 4th Puchon Int'l Fantastic Film Festival (2000, Korea)
         Closing Film, Resfest, Seoul (2000, Korea)
2000    [Teenage Hooker Became Killing Machine in DaeHakRoh] DV 6mm /35mm, color, 60min.
        10th Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Film Festival (2009, Spain)
        1st HK Korean Film Festival (2004, Hong Kong)
        5th Wisconsin Film Festival (2003, USA)
        29th Flanders Int'l Film Festival (2002, Belgium)
        Dig.it: 2nd Digital Media Festival (2002, USA)
        22nd Atlantic Film Festival (2002, Canada)
        9th Chicago Underground Film Festival (2002, USA)
        Spotlight, 51st Melbourne Int’l Film Festival (2002, Australia)
        Asia Pacific, 11th Brisbane Int’l Film Festival (2002, Australia)
        Midnight, 28th Seattle Int’l Film Festival (2002, USA)
        4th Buenos Aires Int’l Festival of Independent Cinema (2002, Argentina)
        11th Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema (2002, USA)
        9th NY Underground Film Festival (2002, USA)
        Critics' Choice, 31st Int’l Film Festival Rotterdam (2002, The Netherlands)
        4th Bangkok Film Festival (2001, Thailand)
        45th London Film Festival (2001, UK)
        Special Mention, Dragons and Tigers, 20th Vancouver Int’l Film Festival (2001, Canada)
        Asia Panorama, 15th Singapore Int’l Film Festival (2001, Singapore)
        Best Fiction Film, 26th Korean Indie & Short Film Festival (2000, Korea)
        Closing Film, Resfest, "Seoul Mix" (2000, Korea)
        Forbidden Zone, 4th Puchon Int'l Fantastic Film Festival (2000, Korea)
        IndieForum, Korean Independent Film & Video Makers' Forum (2000, Korea)
2002    [CHOW Yun-fat Boy Meets Brownie Girl] 35mm, 93min.
        29th Seattle Int’l Film Festival (2003, USA)
        Midnight Heat, 27th Hong Kong Int’l Film Festival (2003, Korea)
        Seoul Independent Film Festival (2002, Korea)
        13th Stockholm Int'l Film Festival (2002, Sweden)
        22nd Hawaii Int’l Film Festival (2002, USA)
        29th Flanders Int'l Film Festival (2002, Belgium)
        Dragons and Tigers, 21th Vancouver Int’l Film Festival (2002, Canada)
        3rd Jeonju Int’l Film Festival (2002, Korea)
        Asian-Pacific Film Festival at University of California (2002, USA)
2005    [Never Belongs to Me] 35mm, 100min.
2012    [Kong's Family] 108min.
2013    [Mizo] 72min.

Staff

director, screenwriter, art director, cinematographer : NAM Ki-woong
production : Intz.com
producer : YI Su-jeong
executive producer : KIM Jung-yeong
lighting : SONG Hoon
sound recording : KIM Wan-dong
editor/technical director : KIM Min-kyo
music : Gogooma

Cast

Gogooma as Gun-tae
CHAE Myung-ji as Snail Brownie
GI Ju-bong as Yongbaek
CHOI Seon-ja as Machine-gun Granny
CHO Jae-hyun as 'Backdoor Ironsmith' Boss
LEE Bong-gyu as Wonsu
GONG Ho-suk as Old Man with Jar
KIM Yong-sun as Madam YANG