Honest Candidate

Honest Candidate
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
정직한 후보
Hanja
正直한 候補
Revised RomanizationJeongjikhan Hubo
Directed byJang Yu-jeong
Written by
  • Jang Yu-jeong
  • Heo Sung-hye
Based onO Candidato Honesto
by Roberto Santucci
Produced bySong Jung-min
Starring
CinematographyPark Yong-soo
Edited byJung Ji-eun
Music byLee Jae-jin
Production
companies
  • Hong Film
  • Soo Film
Distributed byNext Entertainment World
Release date
  • February 12, 2020 (2020-02-12)
Running time
104 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$10.6 million[1][2]

Honest Candidate (Korean정직한 후보; Hanja正直한 候補; RRJeongjikhan Hubo) is a 2020 South Korean comedy film directed by Jang Yu-jeong, starring Ra Mi-ran, Kim Mu-yeol, Na Moon-hee, Yoon Kyung-ho and Jang Dong-joo.[3] It is the remake of the 2014 Brazilian film O Candidato Honesto.[4] It was released on February 12, 2020.[5][6]

A sequel was confirmed on February 10, 2021.[7]

  1. ^ "Honest Candidate". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  2. ^ "Honest Candidate (2020)". Korean Film Council. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  3. ^ Dong, Sun-hwa (January 6, 2020). "'I will run for election if 'Honest Candidate' sells 10 million tickets'". The Korea Times. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  4. ^ Kim, Bo-ra (December 19, 2019). "'정직한 후보' 라미란, 거짓말쟁이 국회의원 변신..포스터 첫 공개[Oh!쎈 컷]". Osen (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  5. ^ Choi, Ji-won (February 14, 2020). "[Box Office] Movies in theaters this week". The Korea Herald. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  6. ^ "Korean Movie Opening Today 2020/02/12 in Korea". HanCinema. February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  7. ^ "'청룡' 여우주연상 라미란, '정직한 후보2' 확정→'하이파이브' 긍정 검토[공식]" (in Korean). February 10, 2021.