A Tale of Two Sisters (Janghwa, Hongryeon)
In the tradition of leading films such as Whispering Corridors and Memento Mori, Korean horror often centres on young women, suspicious that they might have within them the power to pull down the world. Two teenage girls return home in a burst of red energy. They meet their coldly creepy stepmother over a silent meal. We know in seconds that this will end with blood on the walls. Forget ghosts or demonic videos - our families are the most effective sources of horror, aren't they? Family melodrama builds fluently into horror in Kim Jee-woon's beautifully controlled voyage over the top. The Catholic Initiative for Enlightened Movie Appreciation comments, "The only thing we can say is: this is a family situation that should not happen in real life." Amen to that.
Screenings commence at 11.00pm, Saturday 19 February at the Mercury Cinema. No entry after midnight. Sleepover tickets: $15 for 3 films. Beer, wine, warm drinks and comfort food available throughout the night. BYO Sleeping bag.
Reviews
“This eerie chiller is a triumph of sustaining atmosphere – right until it springs its surprise.”
David Parkinson, Empire Online
“A fractured nightmare in a damaged brain, this hauntingly neurotic film delivers the kind of psychological horror that American cinema forgot about decades ago.”
Jamie Russell BBC
“Supernatural tragedy has never before dripped with such languid sumptuousness, and the haunted house in A Tale of Two Sisters, with its echoing wooden floors, floral wallpaper and white linens, may be the setting for a family's nightmare but it is also a designer's dream.”
Anton Bitel, Movie Gazette
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When
11:00 PM Saturday, 19 February
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Mercury Cinema
Beer, wine, warm drinks and comfort food available throughout the night. BYO sleeping bag. No entry after midnight.
Ticket Price
$15 - Beer, wine, warm drinks and comfort food available throughout the night. BYO sleeping bag. No entry after midnight.
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Horror SleepoverAbout A Tale of Two Sisters
114 minutes35mm
1.85:1
In Korean with English subtitles
Print Source
Cineclick Asia
Chi Sangeun
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Awards
Best Film/Director/Actress, Fantosporto 04Grand Prize, Gérardmer 2004
Festivals
Melbourne 2004Pusan 2003
San Diego 2004
Seattle 2004
Sitges 2003
About the Director
Kim Jee-woon
Kim Jee-woon began his career as a stage actor and director. He then moved onto screen writing, before making is directorial debut in 1998 with the film Quiet Family, which garnered him a best screenplay award. His second feature, The Foul King became #1 on the Korean box office for 6 straight months.
Filmography
A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)Coming Out (2001)
The Foul King (2000)
The Quiet Family (1998)
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