Set Me Free (2014 film)

Set Me Free
Set Me Free
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Kim Tae-yong
Written by	Kim Tae-yong
Produced by	Pyeon Kyung-woo
Starring	Choi Woo-shik ; Kim Su-hyeon
Cinematography	Kim Soo-min
Edited by	Kim Mi-young ; Jo Hyo-jung
Music by	Kim Woo-geun
Distributed by	CJ Entertainment
Release date	November 13, 2014;
Running time	108 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	US$158,070

Set Me Free (Korean: 거인; RR: Geoin) is a 2014 South Korean autobiographical coming-of-age film directed by Kim Tae-yong.^[2]^[3] Choi Woo-shik won Actor of the Year at the 19th Busan International Film Festival, where the film also received the Citizen Critics' Award.^[4]^[5] Set Me Free was released in theaters on November 13, 2014, and drew 23,979 admissions.^[6]^[7]

Plot[]

Yeong-jae grew up at Isaac's Home, a group home where he was entrusted as a child by his immature and reckless father. Now a sixteen-year-old high school student, he is told that he is now too old to remain at the group home. Yeong-jae will do anything than return to his father, so to extend his stay, he lies that he wants to become a priest and enter a Catholic boarding school. In fact, Yeong-jae doesn't believe in God, having learned to rely only on himself, and even secretly steals then resells donated goods. To show his religious faith, he attends mass regularly while fawning over the facility director and curate. Beom-tae, Yeong-jae's only friend at the home, disapproves of this insincerity, but he also understands since he himself has reached the home's maximum age. Having found nowhere else to go, Yeong-jae gets so desperate to stay that in the face of the director's growing suspicion of him, Yeong-jae turns his back on Beom-tae. Then one day, his father visits the group home, this time to leave his younger brother Min-jae there, and Yeong-jae's rage and despair reaches its breaking point.

Cast[]

Choi Woo-shik as Yeong-jae
Kim Su-hyeon as Chang-won
Jang Yoo-sang as Min-jae
Kang Shin-chul as Director
Shin Jae-ha as Beom-tae
Park Joo-hee as Yoon-mi
Lee Min-ah as Chang-won's mother-in-law
Park Keun-rok as Curate
Park Myung-shin as Yoon-mi's mother
Kim Jae-hwa as Yeong-jae's mother
Seo Gil-ja as Yeong-jae's aunt
Yang Ik-june as Beom-tae's father
Yoon Seung-hoon as Homeroom teacher
Bang Eun-jung as Choir member
Lee Jae-joon as Preacher

Awards and nominations[]

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2014	19th Busan International Film Festival	Citizen Critics' Award	Set Me Free	Won
2014	19th Busan International Film Festival	Actor of the Year	Choi Woo-shik	Won
2015	10th Max Movie Awards	Best New Actor		Nominated
	2nd Wildflower Film Awards^[8]	Best New Actor		Won
	20th Chunsa Film Art Awards	Best New Director	Kim Tae-yong	Nominated
	24th Buil Film Awards	Best New Director	Kim Tae-yong	Nominated
	24th Buil Film Awards	Best New Actor	Choi Woo-shik	Nominated
	35th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards^[9]	Best New Actor	Choi Woo-shik	Won
	35th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards^[9]	Best New Director	Kim Tae-yong	Won
	36th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best New Director	Kim Tae-yong	Won
	36th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best New Actor	Choi Woo-shik	Won
	16th Busan Film Critics Awards	Best New Actor		Won
	The Korea Film Actors Association Awards	Popular Actor Award		Won

References[]

^ http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20141001
^ Song, Soon-jin (17 October 2014). "SET ME FREE Director KIM Tae-yong: "Youth Films Are Fantasies to Me"". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
^ Na, Won-jung (3 November 2014). "In Focus: Set Me Free". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
^ Kim, Su-yeon (30 October 2014). "Actor CHOI Woo-sik: Dreams to Be a Real Giant in the Film World". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
^ Conran, Pierce (13 October 2014). "END OF WINTER and 13 Share BIFF New Currents Honors". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
^ "Indie Film Draws 20,000 Viewers in 2 Weeks". The Chosun Ilbo. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
^ In South Korea, an independent film that reaches 10,000 admissions is already considered a success.
^ Ma, Kevin (1 April 2015). "Girl at My Door leads Wildflower nominations". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
^ Conran, Pierce (2 November 2015). "THE THRONE Tops Korean Association of Film Critics Awards". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-11-06.

External links[]

Set Me Free at the Korean Movie Database
Set Me Free at IMDb
Set Me Free at HanCinema

[1] ttp://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20141001

[2] Song, Soon-jin (17 October 2014). "SET ME FREE Director KIM Tae-yong: "Youth Films Are Fantasies to Me"". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2014-12-16.

[3] Na, Won-jung (3 November 2014). "In Focus: Set Me Free". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2014-12-16.

[4] Kim, Su-yeon (30 October 2014). "Actor CHOI Woo-sik: Dreams to Be a Real Giant in the Film World". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2014-12-16.

[5] Conran, Pierce (13 October 2014). "END OF WINTER and 13 Share BIFF New Currents Honors". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2014-12-16.

[6] "Indie Film Draws 20,000 Viewers in 2 Weeks". The Chosun Ilbo. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-16.

[7] In South Korea, an independent film that reaches 10,000 admissions is already considered a success.

[8] Ma, Kevin (1 April 2015). "Girl at My Door leads Wildflower nominations". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-01.

[9] Conran, Pierce (2 November 2015). "THE THRONE Tops Korean Association of Film Critics Awards". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-11-06.

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