Trio (1997 film) explained

Trio
Director:Park Chan-wook
Producer:Lee Choon-yun
Starring:Lee Geung-young
Kim Min-jong
Jeong Seon-kyeong
Editing:Park Gok-ji
Distributor:Cine-2000
Runtime:102 minutes
Country:South Korea
Language:Korean
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Child:yes
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Hangul:3인조
Rr:Saminjo

Trio is the second feature film by South Korean film director Park Chan-wook, released in 1997. Similarly to his debut film, The Moon Is... the Sun's Dream, it has been seen by relatively few people outside of Korea.[1] [2]

Plot

Three outsiders are united by a common cause. A suicidal saxophonist named Ahn is pushed over the edge after he discovers his wife’s infidelity, and decides to rob a bank, aided by a violent man (Moon), and a young woman (Maria), who is looking for her missing child.

Cast

Production

Park was asked by film producer Dong-gyu Ahn to make a film similar in tone to Léon, a French film written and directed by Luc Besson. Park had never seen the film, but had previously wanted to make a film about a series of armed robberies committed from 1972 to 1974 in South Korea, and chose to use that as a basis. Park was also initially influenced by the works of Abel Ferrara.

However, as time passed, the production company for the film changed, and the film lost its wild and violent conception, becoming closer to a mainstream film. Park took blame for the film's perceived failure, saying, "I regret Trio much more than my first movie."[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Trio - Films from the South. en. 10 December 2022.
  2. Web site: Doherty. Rory. October 13, 2022. Every Park Chan-Wook Movie, Ranked. Paste Magazine. Paste Media Group. en. 10 December 2022.
  3. Web site: May 28, 2004. "Hitchcock changed my life", Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize Park Chan-wook talks about Park Chan-wook. Cine21. ko. 10 December 2022.