| I Am Happy | |||||||||||
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| Producer: | Yoon Il-joong Bae Yong-guk | ||||||||||
| Screenplay: | Yoon Jong-chan | ||||||||||
| Starring: | Hyun Bin Lee Bo-young | ||||||||||
| Music: | Kim Dong-ki | ||||||||||
| Cinematography: | Lee Chang-jae | ||||||||||
| Editing: | Kyung Min-ho | ||||||||||
| Distributor: | Jinjin Pictures | ||||||||||
| Runtime: | 113 minutes | ||||||||||
| Country: | South Korea | ||||||||||
| Language: | Korean | ||||||||||
I Am Happy is a 2009 South Korean drama film directed by Yoon Jong-chan, starring Hyun Bin and Lee Bo-young. It is a film adaptation of Yi Chong-jun's short novel Mr. Cho, Man-deuk, which tells a story about wounded souls and an encounter between a patient and a nurse who met in a mental institution. The film was released in theaters on November 26, 2009.[1]
The film was selected to be screen at the 13th Busan International Film Festival in 2008. However, it was not released in theaters until late 2009.[2]
The deeply troubled Man-soo (Hyun Bin) becomes a patient at a psychiatric ward. He has a mother who suffers from dementia and a brother who is addicted to gambling. These sad and angry memories about his family always tie Man-soo down and are the reasons why he suffers from mental illness. Now institutionalized, Man-soo falls in love with Soo-kyung (Lee Bo-young), a nurse, who is also dealing with her own personal issues.
The film was supported by the Jeonnam Film Commission and started shooting on March 27, 2008.[3]