Film Festivals
- 2009 (14th) Pusan International Film Festival - October 8th-16th - New Currents (World Premiere)
- 2010 (39th) International Film Festival Rotterdam - January 27th-Feb. 7th - Opening Film
- 2010 (12th) Deauville Asian Film Festival - March 10th-14th - The Features Competition
- 2010 (5th) The London Korean Film Festival - November 5-23
Awards
- "NETPAC Award" - 14th (2009) Pusan International Film Festival - October 8th-16th
- "Jury Prize" - 2010 (12th) Deauville Asian Film Festival - March 10th-14th
Note:
- "Paju" was selected as the official opening film for the 39th International Film Festival Rotterdam - the first ever South Korean film to open that festival.
15-year-old Choi Eun-mo (Seo Woo) falls in love with her teacher Joong-shik (Lee Sun Gyun) a mysterious new man in the town of Paju. Her feelings for Joong-shik changes when she learns that Joong-shik is dating her older sister Eun-soo (Shim Lee Young). A year later, Joong-shik and Eun-soo are now married, with Eun-mo living with them.
One day, when Joong-shik and Eun-soo are home alone, a sudden gas explosion causes the death of Eun-Soo. When Joong-shik tells Eun-mo the tragic news of her older sister, he tells her that her older sister died in a hit-and-run accident. Joong-shik and Eun-soo now live together.
A few years later, Eun-soo, still caught in a whirlwind of emotions for Joong-shik, suddenly leaves for India.
Upon her return to the town of Paju, Eun-mo discovers her apartment is facing demolition and the apartment tenants turned squatters are fighting desperately against the gangster muscle men leading the demolition. The anti-demolition group is led by Eun-mo's former brother-in-law Joong-shik. During this time, Eun-mo digs further into the death of her older sister and she becomes torn between the truth and her feelings for Joong-shik. |
