A Reason to Live (2011 film)

A Reason to Live (Korean: 오늘; RR: Oneul; lit. "Today") is a 2011 South Korean film written and directed by Lee Jeong-hyang.[2][3][4] It stars Song Hye-kyo as a director who forgives a teenage boy for killing her fiancé.[5] It premiered at the 2011 Busan International Film Festival,[6][7][8] and was released in theaters on October 27, 2011.[9] It received 131,194 admissions.[10]

A Reason to Live
Promotional poster for A Reason to Live
Directed byLee Jeong-hyang
Produced byHwang Woo-hyun
Hwang Jae-woo
Terence Chang
Written byLee Jeong-hyang
StarringSong Hye-kyo
Nam Ji-hyun
Music byKim Dae-hong
Kim Yang-hui
CinematographyKim Hyeong-ju
Edited byKim Sang-bum
Kim Jae-bum
Distributed byLotte Entertainment
Release date
  • 27 October 2011 (2011-10-27)
Running time
119 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$365,190[1]

Plot

Documentary filmmaker Da-hae (Song Hye-kyo) loses her fiancé by a hit and run accident on her birthday. But she forgives the criminal who was a 15-year-old boy based on her belief as a Catholic and signs a petition for him to revoke the juvenile's death penalty. One year later, Da-hae is commissioned by the Catholic Church to make a documentary on the inhumanity of capital punishment. However, her moral convictions and desire to be compassionate are seriously questioned when she finds out that the teenage driver killed a classmate, not long after his reprieve.[11][12]

Cast
gollark: They more encourage obeying when anyone is watching and otherwise ignoring the rules.
gollark: Anyway, I don't think instilling more obedience to authority is a particularly *good* thing, and in any case schools are... kind of inconsistent at that.
gollark: We actually had a history teacher who spent a few lessons talking about Brexit (back in 2016), which was interesting.
gollark: Also some pointlessly strict ones, who are less good.
gollark: Well, in my school, we had teachers who knew what they were doing, could be fun at times, and strict if really necessary, and they were good.

References
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  3. Lee, Claire (26 September 2011). "Song stars as grieving documentary maker". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
  4. "Song Hye Kyo: 'It Is My Honor To Be Compared to Actress Shim Eun Ha'". KBS Global. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
  5. Hong, Lucia (23 March 2011). "Song Hye-kyo finishes shooting upcoming drama flick". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
  6. "Song Hye-kyo's New Movie to Premier at Busan Int'l Film Festival". The Chosun Ilbo. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  7. Hong, Lucia (8 October 2011). "BIFF 2011: Song Hye-kyo: I will not think lightly about forgiveness anymore". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
  8. "A Reason to Live: Busan Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
  9. Hong, Lucia (6 September 2011). "Song Hye-kyo's new film to open in theaters next month". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
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  11. "A Reason to Live (2011)". The Chosun Ilbo. 28 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
  12. "2011.11.4 Now Playing: A Reason to Live (15)". Korea JoongAng Daily. 4 November 2011. Archived from the original on 2013-01-26. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
  13. Hong, Lucia (26 September 2011). "Song Hye-kyo says was difficult getting into character for new movie". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
  14. "Song Hye-kyo Returns with New Movie". The Chosun Ilbo. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
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