Sunny (2011 film)

Sunny
Theatrical poster
Korean name
Hangul
써니
Revised RomanizationSseoni
McCune–ReischauerSsŏni
Directed byKang Hyeong-cheol
Written byKang Hyeong-cheol
Produced byAhn Byeong-ki[1]
Ahn In-ki
StarringShim Eun-kyung
Kang So-ra
Yoo Ho-jeong
Jin Hee-kyung
CinematographyLee Hyung-deok
Edited byNam Na-yeong
Music byKim Jun-seok
Production
companies
Toilet Pictures
Aloha Pictures
Distributed byCJ Entertainment
Release date
  • 4 May 2011 (2011-05-04)
Running time
124 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
BudgetUS$5.5 million
Box officeUS$51.1 million[2]

Sunny (Korean: 써니; RR: Sseoni) is a 2011 South Korean comedy-drama film. The film is about a middle-aged woman who tries to fulfill her friend's dying wish of reuniting their group of high school friends. The film alternates between two timelines: the present day where the women are middle-aged, and the 1980s when they were in high school. It is the second film by writer-director Kang Hyeong-cheol, who previously directed Scandal Makers (2008).[3][4]

Released on 4 May 2011, Sunny was the first film of that year to sell five million tickets in South Korea,[citation needed] and became the second highest-grossing South Korean film by the end of the year.[5] As of 20 September 2012, it is the 13th best-selling film of all-time in South Korea. Kang Hyeong-cheol and Nam Na-yeong won Best Director and Best Editing, respectively, at the Grand Bell Awards.[6][7] Actress Kang So-ra won several awards for her role as the teenage girl Ha Chun-hwa.[8]

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  2. ^ "Sunny Box Office Gross". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  3. ^ "No Secret Ingredient for Success, Says Sunny Director Kang". The Chosun Ilbo. 25 July 2011. Archived from the original on 29 April 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  4. ^ Petkova, Antoniya (April 2012). "Interview: Hyeong-Cheol Kang, director of Sunny". CineVue. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
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  6. ^ "48th Daejong Film Awards Highlight Year's Best". The Chosun Ilbo. 18 October 2011. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  7. ^ "The Front Line top winner at Korea's Grand Bell Awards". Korean Film Biz Zone. 19 October 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  8. ^ "Kang So-ra Soars to Stardom with Sunny". The Chosun Ilbo. 28 May 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2014.