Me and Me

Me and Me (Korean: 사라진 시간; Hanja: Sarajin Sigan; lit. Vanished Time) is a 2020 South Korean mystery drama film written and directed by Jung Jin-young (in his directorial debut), starring Cho Jin-woong, Bae Soo-bin, Jung Hae-kyun and Cha Soo-yeon.[1][2]

Me and Me
International poster
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
사라진 時間
Revised RomanizationSarajin Sigan
McCune–ReischauerSarajin Shigan
Directed byJung Jin-young
Screenplay byJung Jin-young
Produced byJang Won-suk
StarringCho Jin-woong
Bae Soo-bin
Jung Hae-kyun
Cha Soo-yeon
CinematographyKim Hyun-suk
Edited byKim Woo-il
Music byDalpalan
Sung Ki-wan
Heo Joon-hyuk
Production
companies
B.A. Entertainment
Dani Film
Distributed byAcemaker Movieworks
Release date
  • June 18, 2020 (2020-06-18)
Running time
105 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeest. US$1.28 million[1]

Plot

Hyung-goo (Cho Jin-woong) is a detective. He investigates a fire accident site in a country village. The home were the fire accident took place belonged to married couple Soo-hyuk (Bae Soo-bin) and Yi-young (Cha Soo-yeon). The married couple died from suffocation. Hyung-goo senses something suspicious about village residents. One day, he wakes up in the house where the fire accident took place. He finds that his life has completely changed. The house which burned down in his memory, is standing unblemished. The village residents call him teacher instead of detective. His family, house, and job has completely disappeared.[1]

Cast

Production

Principal photography began on September 30, 2018, and wrapped on November 18, 2018.[3]

Release

The film was theatrically released on June 18, 2020.[1]

It was screened at the 24th Fantasia International Film Festival’s signature Cheval Noir competition, earning a Special Mention for Best Actor prize, for Cho Jin-woong, as well as a Special Mention from the jury for Debut Films Competition.[4] The film also invited to the 19th Florence Korean Film Festival and 15th Paris Korean Film Festival.[5][6]

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
2020 24th Fantasia International Film Festival Special Mention for the Best Actor Cho Jin-woong Won [2]
Special Mention for Debut Films Jung Jin-young Won
29th Buil Film Awards Best New Director Nominated
21st Busan Film Critics Awards Won
Best Actor Cho Jin-woong Won
2021 41st Blue Dragon Film Awards Best New Director Jung Jin-young Nominated
57th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actor – Film Cho Jin-woong Nominated
8th Wildflower Film Awards Best Actor Nominated
Best Director Jung Jin-young Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
Best New Director Won
26th Chunsa Film Art Awards Nominated
Best Actor Cho Jin-woong Nominated

References
  1. "ME AND ME (2020)". KOFIC. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  2. "사라진 시간". Naver (in Korean). Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  3. Lee Mi-ji (October 4, 2018). "[공식] 정진영 연출 데뷔…조진웅 주연 '클로즈 투 유' 크랭크인". Sports Dong-a (in Korean). Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  4. Pierce Conran (September 16, 2020). "ME AND ME Picks Up 2 Prizes at Fantasia Film Festival". KOFIC. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  5. Pierce Conran (May 28, 2021). "Florence Korean Film Fest Stages Moon Sori Retrospective". KOFIC. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  6. Pierce Conran (June 11, 2021). "OK! MADAM and ME AND ME to Bookend 15th Paris Korean Film Festival". KOFIC. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
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