Honest Candidate

Honest Candidate (2020)

정직한 후보

Please let me lie again.

Sang-sook is a competent politician who captivates the public with all kinds of nice words. One day, Sang-sook visits her grandmother who lives in the isolated house. But when she returns home, she finds out that she is not able to lie anymore.

Date of release
2020-02-12
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (35)
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Jang Yoo-jung
Collection
Honest Candidate Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: O Candidato Honesto

Honest Candidate is a 2020 South Korean comedy film directed by Jang Yu-jeong, starring Ra Mi-ran, Kim Mu-yeol, Na Moon-hee, Yoon Kyung-ho and Jang Dong-joo. It is the remake of the 2014 Brazilian film O Candidato Honesto. It was released on February 12, 2020.

Production

Director Jang Yu-jeong came across the film O Candidato Honesto when she was recording a commentary for The Bros (2017). She said that "she could have made it to fuel anger by shedding light on the realities of local politics and press, but thought it would be more interesting to turn [it] into a satire. [She] was immediately hooked and made the decision [to make the film] in about 10 minutes."

Although the original character is a male politician in Roberto Santucci's O Candidato Honesto, director and screenwriter Jang Yu-jeong cast actress Ra Mi-ran for the role of the protagonist. As she "developed the character, [she] realized that no other person could handle this role other than Ra. That's how the gender changed."

Principal photography began on June 15, 2019. Filming was completed on September 7.

The film is based on the 2014 Brazilian film of the same name, The Honest Candidate (Brazilian Portuguese: O Candidato Honesto). Produced based on a screenplay by Paulo Cursino, it was a hit by criticizing the reality of Brazil at the time while using the subject of 'lie' comically.

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