26 Years

26 Years (2012)

26년

26 Years

En 1980 furent perpétrées en Corée du Sud, des exactions envers des civils qui demandaient plus de liberté, point d’orgue d’un long mouvement de contestation nationale. Ce sombre événement est connu sous le nom du massacre de Gwangju. 26 ans plus tard, de jeunes Coréens issus de tous les milieux vont s'unir pour faire payer les responsables...

Date de sortie
2012-11-29
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (75)
Durée
2 h 15 min
Genres
Drame, Thriller
Réalisateur
조근현

Distribution

Anecdotes

  • Tourné à : Daejeon

26 Years is a 2012 South Korean film based on the popular 2006 manhwa serialized online by manhwaga Kang Full. It is the fictional story of five ordinary people who band together in order to assassinate the man responsible for the massacre of innocent civilians in Gwangju in May 1980.

Production

Kang Full's webtoon illustrated the brutal suppression by the dictatorial administration of the time, putting emphasis on the overcoming of interpersonal and societal barriers.

In 2008, the film was originally set to be directed by Lee Hae-young based on his own adapted screenplay titled 29 Years, with Ryoo Seung-bum, Kim Ah-joong, Jin Goo, Chun Ho-jin, and Byun Hee-bong cast in the lead roles. But the production came to a halt once investors pulled out from funding the film ten days before filming began because of its controversial politically sensitive content, and rumors were rife that the pressure had originated fro…

After nearly four years of languishing in pre-production limbo due to financial difficulties, online donations poured in from 15,000 individuals amounting to ₩700 million (US$646,000), with singer Lee Seung-hwan contributing another ₩1 billion won (US$923,000), toward the film's ₩4.6 billion (US$4,246,000) production cost. Another investor was television personality Kim Je-dong.

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