After the lukewarm “Illang: The Wolf Brigade” and his largely well-received foray into tv with “Dr. Brain”, Kim Jee-woon is back with his latest feature film “Cobweb”. Written by indie director Shin Yeon-shick, who was initially also attached to direct, “Cobweb” is the first production of the newly set up production house by Kim Jee-woon and his long-time collaborator and actor extraordinaire Song Kang-ho.
Synopsis
In 1970s Korea, when both art and dreams are censored, a film director dreams of a masterpiece.
After his successful debut, Director KIM endures scathing attacks from critics who call him a specialist in trashy dramas. After finishing his latest feature ‘Cobweb', he has vivid dreams over several days of an alternative ending to the film. Sensing that if he can just shoot those scenes as he envisioned them, a masterpiece will surely emerge, he tries to arrange just two days of additional shooting. However, the rewritten script fails to pass censorship, and his actors can't make sense of the new ending. Between the tangled schedule, the opposition of the producer, and the collision between these fantastic scenes dancing before his eyes and the harsh conditions of reality, Director KIM feels he is about to go insane, but he pushes on regardless…
“If I can just change the ending, a masterpiece will emerge. All I need is two days!”
Song Kang-ho of course stars as Director Kim, marking the sixth collaboration between the director and actor which began with Kim's debut feature “The Quiet Family”. Co-starring Lim Soo-jung, Oh Jung-se, Jeon Yeo-been and Jung Soo-jung (aka Krystal), “Cobweb” premieres Out of Competition at Cannes Film Festival before its eventual wider release.
