C'est si bon (film)

C'est Si Bon
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKim Hyun-seok
Written byKim Hyun-seok
Produced by
  • Kang Myeong-chan
  • Lee Woo-jung
Starring
CinematographyLee Mo-gae
Edited by
Music byLee Byung-hoon
Production
company
Nogunri Pictures
Distributed byCJ Entertainment
Release date
  • February 5, 2015 (2015-02-05)
Running time
122 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
BudgetUS$5.5 million
Box officeUS$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]

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