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Beautiful Days (Korean: 뷰티풀 데이즈; RR: Byutipul Deijeu) is a 2018 South Korean drama film starring Lee Na-young, Jang Dong-yoon and Oh Kwang-rok.[3] The film premiered as the opening film of the 23rd edition of the Busan International Film Festival on October 4, 2018.[4][5][6] It was released in theaters on November 21, 2018.[7]

Beautiful Days
Main poster
Hangul	뷰티풀 데이즈
Revised Romanization	Byutipul Deijeu
Directed by	Jéro Yun
Written by	Jéro Yun
Produced by	Kim Hyun-woo
Starring	Lee Na-young Jang Dong-yoon
Cinematography	Kim Jong-sun
Edited by	Jéro Yun
Music by	Mathieu Regnault
Production company	Peppermint & Company
Distributed by	Smile Entertainment Contents Panda
Release dates	October 4, 2018 (2018-10-04) (BIFF) November 21, 2018 (2018-11-21) (South Korea)
Running time	104 minutes[1]
Countries	South Korea France
Language	Korean
Box office	US$45,395[2]

Plot

The film follows the life of a North Korean defector who gives birth to a son at a young age and abandons her husband and child for a better life abroad. The hidden past is revealed after fourteen years when the grown-up son visits her.

Cast

• Lee Na-young as Mother[1]
• Jang Dong-yoon as Zhen Chen[1]
• Oh Kwang-rok as Zhen Chen's father[1]
• Lee Yoo-jun as Pimp[1]
• Seo Hyun-woo[1]
• Lee Jung-joon[8]

Production

Beautiful Days is director Jéro Yun's debut feature film and lead actress Lee Na-young's first film in 5 years.[8]

The film began production on October 31, 2017. Filming wrapped on November 26, 2017.[8]

Reception

In Variety, Peter Debruge says, "Lee Na-young impresses as a North Korean woman tracked down by her long-since-abandoned son".[9] Reviewing it for Screendaily, Wendy Ide noted the film as being structurally a little over-complicated, but still is an impressive drama which feels convincingly rooted in real lives and stories.[10]

Clarence Tsui of The Hollywood Reporter writes, "Beautiful Days certainly lives up to its title with its mesmerizing imagery and very polished production values. But it is weighed down by a clichéd narrative and simplistic moral binaries".[11]

References

External links

• Beautiful Days at HanCinema
• Beautiful Days at IMDb
• Beautiful Days at Naver (in Korean)

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