Capital Celluloid 2019 - Day 40: Sat Feb 9

Sweet Dream (Yang, 1936) + Fisherman’s Fire (Ahn, 1938): BFI Southbank, NFT2, 3.50pm


This double-bill, which includes Fisherman’s Fire on 35mm, is part of the ‘Early Korean Cinema’ season at BFI Southbank and also screens on February 15th. Details hereThe screening on Friday 15th February will be introduced by Chung Chong-hwa, Korean Film Archive.

BFI introduction:
Sweet Dream follows a bored housewife as she abandons her family to search for love and excitement in 1930s Seoul ... Fisherman’s Fire is the tale of a young woman who is seduced away from her poor fishing village only to become a bar girl (gisaeng) in the city. 

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