Sunny (2008 film)

Sunny (Korean: 님은 먼곳에; RR: Nimeun meongose; lit. "My Dear is Far Away") is a 2008 South Korean film directed by Lee Joon-ik. Soo Ae plays the titular Soon-yi, whose husband enlists to fight in the Vietnam War, and she decides to join a singing group that will travel to Vietnam to perform for the soldiers there.[2][3]

Sunny
Theatrical release poster
Korean name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationNimeun meongose
McCune–ReischauerNimŭn mŏnkote
Directed byLee Joon-ik
Written byChoi Seok-hwan
Produced byJung Seung-hye
Cho Chul-hyun
StarringSoo Ae
Jung Jin-young
CinematographyNa Seung-yong
Edited byKim Sang-bum
Kim Jae-bum
Music byLee Byung-hoon
Bang Jun-seok
Distributed byShowbox/Mediaplex
Release date
  • June 23, 2008 (2008-06-23)
Running time
126 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$11.1 million[1]

Plot

Soon-yi is a young woman stuck in an arranged marriage to a man who still loves his college girlfriend. Her husband, Sang-gil, is a soldier in the South Korean army, and though she visits him regularly, he does not return her affections. After Sang-gil is sent to fight in the Vietnam War, Soon-yi resolves to follow him. She joins a band which is heading there, where she sings for the soldiers as "Sunny", with the hope of being reunited with her husband.

Cast

Production

Sunny was produced on a budget of ₩7.1 billion (US$7 million). Director Lee Joon-ik made the protagonist female in response to criticism that his films were largely male-oriented. Lee cast Soo Ae in the lead role, saying, "No other actress in [South] Korea has the distinctively pure image that [she] has". Soo Ae did two months of training to refine her singing and dancing skills, and admitted to being concerned over whether or not she could pull off the character.[4]

Release

Sunny was released in South Korea on July 23, 2008. On its opening weekend it was ranked second at the box office with 480,144 admissions,[5] and exceeded the one million mark on July 19.[6] As of August 31, Sunny had received a total of 1,804,223 admissions nationwide, and as of September 14 had grossed a total of US$11,093,277.[1]

Awards and nominations
YearAwardCategoryRecipientResultRef.
2008 4th Premiere Rising Star Awards Summit (PIFF) Best ActressSoo AeWon[7]
Best New ActorJung Kyung-hoWon
17th Buil Film Awards Best FilmSunnyNominated[8]
Best ActressSoo AeWon
Best LightingPark Se-munNominated
Best MusicLee Byung-hoon, Bang Jun-seokWon
Technical AwardHong Jang-pyo (Special Effects)Nominated
Buil Readers' Jury AwardSunnyNominated
28th Korean Association of Film Critics AwardsBest ActressSoo AeWon
28th Arts Council KoreaArtist of the Year, Film categoryWon
31st Golden Cinematography Awards Popularity AwardWon
Jung Jin-youngWon
29th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best ActressSoo AeNominated[9]
Best Supporting ActorJung Kyung-hoNominated
Best Art DirectionKang Seung-yongNominated
Best MusicLee Byung-hoon, Bang Jun-seokWon
2009 45th Baeksang Arts Awards Best DirectorLee Joon-ikNominated
Best ActressSoo AeNominated
46th Grand Bell Awards Best ActressWon[9]
Best Supporting ActorJung Kyung-hoNominated
Best Costume DesignShim Hyun-subNominated
17th Korean Culture and Entertainment AwardsBest ActressSoo AeWon

References
  1. "South Korea Box Office September 12–14, 2008". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
  2. Lee, Hyo-won (17 July 2008). "Watch Sooni Become Sunny". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
  3. "K-FILM REVIEWS: 님은 먼 곳에 (Sunny)". Twitch Film. 9 October 2008. Archived from the original on 2014-01-21. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
  4. Yang, Sung-jin (2 July 2008). "Sunny offers a woman's Vietnam War". The Korea Herald via Hancinema. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
  5. "Korean Box Office" (Week-end 2008.07.25 ~ 2008.07.27). Hancinema. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
  6. "My Love is Far Away Attracts 1 Mil. Movie-Goers in A Week". KBS World. 29 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
  7. Yi, Ch'ang-ho (10 October 2008). "HA Jung-woo and SU Ae are tomorrow’s stars". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
  8. Yi, Ch'ang-ho (24 October 2008). "The Chaser extends awards lead". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
  9. "Sunny - Awards". Cinemasie. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
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