Peppermint Candy

Peppermint Candy (2000)

박하사탕

A travel back in time to find a man's lost innocence.

In the spring of 1999, a group of old friends gather to celebrate their 20 year reunion. Among the group is Yeong-ho, a cold, unhappy man, whose demeanor puts a damper on the festivities. The seriousness of Yeong-ho's depression becomes apparent when he climbs a railroad bridge and looks like he might jump. At this crucial moment, memories of seven crucial episodes from Yeong-ho's past flood his mind.

Date of release
2000-01-01
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (318)
Runtime
2h 11m
Genres
Drama
Director
Lee Chang-dong

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 3 · Nominations: 0. Including: Special Jury Prize (Karlovy Vary IFF); Grand Bell Award for Best Film; Bratislava International Film Festival

Peppermint Candy is a 1999 South Korean tragedy film by Lee Chang-dong. The film opens with the suicide of the protagonist and uses reverse chronology to depict some of the key events of the past 20 years of his life that led to this point, with the seven segments of the film taking place in 1999, 1999, 1994, 1987, 1984, 1980, and 1979. Important historical events that inform the plot of the film include Coup d'état of May Seventeenth and the subsequent Gwangju Uprising (1980), the period of the Fifth Republic of Korea (1981-1988), June Democratic Struggle (1987), and the 1997 Asian financial crisis.

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