Audience Award Goes to LUCK-KEY in Italy
The 15th Florence Korea Film Fest wound to a close on April 6th with a screening of closing film
THE NET by veteran indie director
KIM Ki-duk. In addition to the screening, the festival annual awards were handed out. These included the Jury Award, which was unanimously given to
NA Hong-jin’s
THE WAILING, and the Audience Award, sponsored by Asiana Airline, which was picked up by the comedy
LUCK-KEY from director
LEE Gae-byok.
THE WAILING, the third work from director NA following
The Chaser (2008) and
The Yellow Sea (2010), debuted Out of Competition at the Cannes Film Festival and was a major critical and commercial hit in Korea, accruing 6.88 million viewers (USD 49.5 million). The body swap action-comedy
LUCK-KEY, with
YOO Hae-jin and
LEE Joon, was an unexpected success last year, drawing a stellar 6.96 million viewers (USD 50.04 million) to cinemas. The film was adapted from the Japanese title
Key of Life (2012).