Fire in Hell

Fire in Hell (Korean: 지옥화; RR: Jiokhwa) is a 2012 South Korean drama film written and directed by South Korean indie provocateur Lee Sang-woo. Based on a true story, it made its world premiere at the 13th Jeonju International Film Festival and its international premiere at the 34th Moscow International Film Festival in 2012.[1][2]

Fire in Hell
Film poster
Directed byLee Sang-woo
Produced byHeo Sang-rye
Screenplay byLee Sang-woo
StarringWon Tae-hee
Cha Seung-min
Music byKang Min-kook
Edited byLee Sang-woo
Release date
  • April 2012 (2012-04) (JIFF)
  • November 6, 2014 (2014-11-06) (South Korea)
Running time
99 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

Synopsis

Ji-wol (Won Tae-hee), a Buddhist monk, is banished from his temple for sexual misconduct with a female devotee. He returns home, but ends up raping Yeon-seo (Cha Seung-min) and accidentally killing her. Guilt-ridden, he travels to Philippines to return Yeon-seo's ashes to her family. In a twisted moment of karma, he meets Yeon-soo's twin sister, Yeon-hwa (Cha Seung-min), and falls madly in love with her.[3][4]

Cast
  • Won Tae-hee as Ji-wol
  • Cha Seung-min as Yeon-hwa/Yeon-seo
  • Kim Hun as Yong-hae
  • Song Jin-yeol as Pastor
  • Lee Yong-nyeo as Ji-wol's mother
  • Lee Tae-rim as Ji-won
  • Lee Sang-woo as Zealot 1
  • Song Jin-yeol

Reception

Next Projection's Rowena Santos Aquino : "Fire in Hell is an exercise on guilt, fantasy, and desire all bound up in the notion of karma, whose form veers somewhat into the realm of experimental film. The result is superficially interesting at best and tiresome at worst."[5]

Knowshi Magazine's Mut Asheru: "Lee Sang-woo's Fire in Hell is not a pretty film to watch. But it is interesting..."[4]

References
  1. "Interview: The Singular Lee Sang-woo, Director of Barbie". modernkoreancinema.com. 31 October 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  2. "<Fire in Hell> in Official Competition at Moscow". Korean Film Council. 13 June 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  3. "Fire in Hell (2014)". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  4. Asheru, Mut (5 December 2013). "Film Review: Lee Sang-woo's A Fire in Hell…about a horny monk that ends up doing thug things". Knowshi Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  5. Aquino, Rowena Santos (1 October 2012). "Yeonghwa: Korean Film Today: From Protégés to Auteurs and Korean Independent Filmmaking - Fire in Hell (2012)". nextprojection.com. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
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