The Fake (2013 film)

The Fake
Film poster
Directed byYeon Sang-ho
Written byYeon Sang-ho
Produced byCho Young-kag[1]
StarringYang Ik-june
Oh Jung-se
Kwon Hae-hyo
Park Hee-von
Edited byYeon Sang-ho
Lee Yeon-jung
Music byJang Young-gyu
Production
company
Studio Dada Show
Distributed byNext Entertainment World
Release dates
  • September 7, 2013 (2013-09-07) (Toronto)
  • November 21, 2013 (2013-11-21) (South Korea)
Running time
101 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
BudgetUS$360,000
Box officeUS$147,632

The Fake (Korean: 사이비; RR: Saibi) is a 2013 South Korean aeni drama film written and directed by Yeon Sang-ho.[2][3][4]

The film had its world premiere in the Vanguard section of the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2013,[5][6] and went on to screen at various international film festivals before being released domestically on November 21, 2013. It won Best Animation awards at the Sitges Film Festival and Gijón International Film Festival, and was named the Best Korean Independent Film of 2013 by the Association of Korean Independent Film & Video.

A blistering critique of organized religion set in a rural village where a manipulative church minister schemes to defraud his flock, The Fake is Yeon's sophomore feature after the acclaimed and divisive The King of Pigs (2011).[7][8]

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  2. ^ Lee, Ju-hyun (8 November 2013). "YEON Sang-ho, Director of THE FAKE". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  3. ^ Baek, Byung-yeul (24 November 2013). "Animation is growing up". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  4. ^ Conran, Pierce (28 October 2013). "THE FAKE and Prospects of Korean Animation". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  5. ^ Conran, Pierce (31 July 2013). "Toronto's Vanguard Program Taps THE FAKE". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  6. ^ Kim, June (30 September 2013). "Korean Films at TIFF 2013". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  7. ^ Sunwoo, Carla (8 November 2013). "The Fake presents a raw look at Christianity, belief in Korea". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  8. ^ Lee, Claire (7 November 2013). "A modern-day Cassandra in rural Korea". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-02-11.