C'est si bon (film)
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Directed by | Kim Hyun-seok |
Written by | Kim Hyun-seok |
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Cinematography | Lee Mo-gae |
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Music by | Lee Byung-hoon |
Production company | Nogunri Pictures |
Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Budget | US$5.5 million |
Box office | US$11.8 million[1][2] |
C'est si bon (Korean: 쎄시봉; RR: Ssesibong) is a 2015 South Korean musical drama film written and directed by Kim Hyun-seok.[3][4] It was released on February 5, 2015.[5]
C'est si bon (French for "It's so good") was an acoustic music lounge located in Mugyo-dong, Seoul.[6] During the 1960s and 1970s, the venue was very popular with Koreans in their twenties and thirties, who went there to listen to live music.[7] Among the bands known for having played there was the folk music duo Twin Folio composed of Yoon Hyung-joo and Song Chang-sik; this film depicts the band's beginnings while including a fictional third member, Oh Geun-tae.[8][9][10]
Plot
[edit]In the late 1960s, C'est si bon is the music lounge every unknown acoustic band dreams of playing. It is where Geun-tae, a naïve country boy, meets musical prodigies and rivals Hyung-joo and Chang-sik. Together they form a band and name themselves after the iconic venue — the C'est si bon Trio. As the three young musicians bicker over their music, beautiful socialite Ja-young enters the picture and becomes their muse, launching a series of moving love songs. Ja-young falls for the pure-hearted Geun-tae, but they part ways when she accepts a once-in-lifetime shot at an acting career. 20 years later in the 1990s, Geun-tae and Ja-young meet again.
Cast
[edit]Main
[edit]- Kim Yoon-seok as Oh Geun-tae (40s)[11][12]
- Jung Woo as Oh Geun-tae (20s)
- Kim Hee-ae as Min Ja-young (40s)
- Han Hyo-joo as Min Ja-young (20s)
- Jang Hyun-sung as Lee Jang-hee (40s)
- Jin Goo as Lee Jang-hee (20s)
Supporting
[edit]- Kang Ha-neul as Yoon Hyung-joo[13]
- Jo Bok-rae as Song Chang-sik
- Kwon Hae-hyo as Kim Choon-sik
- Choi Kyu-hwan as Teacher Lee
- Lee Mi-so as Ran
- Lee Ji-hoon as MC Lee
- Park Sung-eun as Guk ("Soup")
- Moon Ji-in as Juk ("Porridge")
- Lee Dae-yeon as Geun-tae's father
- Kim Mi-kyung as Geun-tae's mother
- Oh Ha-nee as High School girl
- Jung Yeon-joo as Wardrobe actress
- Ahn Jae-hong as Byeong-cheol
- Lee Yong-yi as Geun-tae's aunt
- Jo Wan-gi as Jae-pil
- Jang Ji-in as Mi-ran
- Lee Sang-hee as Writer Yeo
- Kim In-kwon as Jo Young-nam (cameo)
- Kim Jae-wook as Kang Myeong-chan (cameo)
Reception
[edit]C'est si bon was released in South Korea on February 5, 2015. It topped the box office on its opening weekend, with 642,000 admissions and ₩5.14 billion (US$4.63 million) gross over four days,[5][14][15] but it quickly dropped down the chart in the following weeks, eventually grossing a lackluster ₩13,556,519,358 (US$11.5 million) from 1,715,370 admissions (halfway its break-even point of 3 million admissions).[16]
Awards and nominations
[edit]Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
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2015 | 20th Chunsa Film Art Awards[17] | Best Screenplay | Kim Hyun-seok | Nominated |
51st Paeksang Arts Awards | Best New Actor | Jo Bok-rae | Nominated | |
19th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival[18] | Fantasia Award | Jung Woo | Won | |
24th Buil Film Awards | Best Music | Lee Byung-hoon | Nominated | |
52nd Grand Bell Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Jin Goo | Nominated | |
Best Music | Lee Byung-hoon | Nominated |
References
[edit]- ^ "C'est Si Bon". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "C'est Si Bon (2015)". Archived from the original on 2015-07-12. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
- ^ Jin, Eun-soo (9 January 2015). "C'est Si Bon resurrects legendary music venue". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ Conran, Pierce (11 March 2014). "KIM Yun-seok, HAN Hyo-joo Board Music Biopic". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ a b Ma, Kevin (9 February 2015). "C'est si bon tops South Korea box office". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ^ Lee, Claire (8 February 2011). "'70s music revival captivates unlikely audience". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ Kwon, Ji-youn (20 January 2015). "Retro fever sweeps entertainment industry". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ Kim, Hee-eun (7 March 2014). "Film brings artsy 1970s to life". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ Jin, Eun-soo (11 March 2014). "1970s folk film announces cast". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ Conran, Pierce; Kim, June (29 January 2015). "C'est si bon". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ Lee, Eun-sun (6 February 2015). "Jung Woo selects another retro role". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ "Jung Woo Says He'd Put Love Before Friendship". The Chosun Ilbo. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ Lee, So-dam (14 February 2015). "Interview: Kang Ha Neul Says He Will Never Date an Actress". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ^ Kil, Sonia (9 February 2015). "Korea Box Office: Music Drama C'est Si Bon Hits Top Note". Variety. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ Jin, Eun-soo (10 February 2015). "C'est Si Bon takes No. 1 spot at local box office". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ Jin, Eun-soo (27 February 2015). "C'est Si Bon is a retro film failure". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ Ma, Kevin (9 March 2015). "Hard Day leads Chunsa Film Art nominations". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 14 March 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-19.
- ^ Conran, Pierce (10 July 2015). "LEE Min-ho and MOON Chae-won to Receive BiFan Awards". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Korean)
- C'est Si Bon at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
- C'est Si Bon at IMDb
- C'est Si Bon at HanCinema