2013 Seoul LGBT Film Festival Day 5, Monday June 10th



At 12:30, Leesong Hee-il's White Night will be showing.  Flight attendant Won-Gyu (Won Tae-Hee) left Korea 2 years ago with painful memories and now comes back. Won-Gyu meets Tae-Joon (Lee Yi-Kyung), who is a quick service delivery man and has a special night with him. Korean with English subtitles.  

Next, at 14:30 is The Intouchables (언처치블: 1%의 우정) In Paris, the aristocratic and intellectual Philippe is a quadriplegic millionaire who is interviewing candidates for the position of his carer, with his red-haired secretary Magalie. Out of the blue, the rude African Driss cuts the line of candidates and brings a document from the Social Security and asks Phillipe to sign it to prove that he is seeking a job position so he can receive his unemployment benefit. Philippe challenges Driss, offering him a trial period of one month to gain experience helping him. Then Driss can decide whether he would like to stay with him or not. Driss accepts the challenge and moves to the mansion, changing the boring life of Phillipe and his employees. French with Korean subtitles. 

At 17:00, Fraunsee (여자의 호수) A glorious weekend in the waning days of summer. The protagonist, Rosa, is a guardian of the lakes in the magical hinterland north of Berlin and she is a professional fisher. Her lover, Kirsten, lives in a lakeside bungalow, and together the couple play host to two young students on a weekend break from Berlin. The four womens intense sexual attraction is fuelled be their profoundly different hopes and wordviews... (IMDB) German with English and Korean subtitles. 

The last film on Monday is Two Weddings and a Funeral (두결한장) at 19:30. I've talked about this movie so many times at this blog. Read my review here.