2024-07-15 13:12:00
A peaceful and quiet mountain village in Gangdeok-gun, Chungcheong Province, Sanchon 2-ri. On the day of the village unity meeting, the village chief suddenly dies, so Sanchon 2-ri must elect a new chief. This time, the village elder tells him to make a young man the chief, so he runs as the sole candidate against his will. In an unexpected twist, Choon-sam (played by Cha Seung-won), the representative of Sanchon 2-ri, an old bachelor, is elected as the youngest chief in a lightning-fast manner. Choon-sam, an ordinary country bachelor who usually plays Go-Stop with the elderly in the neighborhood and takes care of his father who has dementia, is burdened by the sudden election as chief. Then one day, Choon-sam hears the news that Noh Dae-gyu (played by Yoo Hae-jin), who used to be the class president when he was young and was just a lackey to him, is running for county governor, and he becomes consumed by a strange sense of competition and jealousy. In the end, Dae-gyu becomes the youngest county magistrate and they meet again in their switched positions from the past village head and vice-village head to the current village head and county magistrate. The current village head, Chunsam, who is good-looking, fit, and was a village head in Sanchon 2-ri, and the county magistrate, Dae-gyu, who is more lively because of the painful memory of being beaten by Chunsam in his childhood, clash with Chunsam’s meticulous nagging, who boasts of his pride in the past when he was successful… They get into trouble for every little thing! How will their tough relationship be resolved?
◆ Commentary:
A comedy film that depicts the showdown between Chunsam, a country bachelor who was always the class president when he was young, and Daegyu, a friend who was always the vice-president, when they meet 20 years later as the village head and county magistrate with different fates. A parody film. <재밌는 영화>Director Jang Gyu-seong, who made his debut with , declares from his second work that his interest and specialty are not actually in parody. He is caught accepting an envelope of money and is forcibly transferred to a rural area in Gangwon Province. <선생 김봉두>The second dramatic human rebirth project was created, in which an old maid teacher and a mature elementary school student become romantic rivals over a handsome young male teacher. <여선생 vs 여제자>This time, the story is about two people who were class president and vice president in elementary school when they were children, meeting as adults and becoming enemies when the tables are turned. <이장과 군수>was created.
“<이장과 군수>It was actually a work that almost became the third film. <선생 김봉두> The story that I was joking with Cha Seung-won during filming became the seed. While we were talking about this and that during filming, Cha Seung-won said, “What if Mr. Kim Bong-doo came back to this village and became the village chief or county governor?” I liked the idea so much that I promised, “I think it would be fun. I will consider it and create a story.” That was it. <이장과 군수>This could be said to be the beginning of the story. <선생 김봉두>Afterwards, while preparing, I thought that I couldn’t make a movie with just the image of ‘village chief and county governor’, so I thought I needed more time to think deeply. So <여선생VS여제자>After that, I started working on the scenario in earnest. During that time, I heard the news that ‘a certain military chief was assaulted by a classmate’. <이장과 군수>I started thinking about combining it with items and got to the point where I made the two characters, the village chief and the county governor, friends. Through that process, I think I was able to gradually include the stories I wanted to tell, such as ‘the class difference that was the opposite of when I was young, the irony that came from it, and the warm story between the two friends.’ – From an interview with director Jang Gyu-seong
◆ director:
The first domestic parody film in 2002 <재밌는 영화>Director Jang Gyu-seong, who made his debut with , has released his second film, which attracted 2.47 million viewers nationwide. <선생 김봉두>Through this, he completed his own human comedy film and received good responses from both the audience and critics. Director Jang Gyu-seong’s films always feature characters that we have seen somewhere before, such as the witty teacher Kim Bong-doo and the hysterical spinster teacher, and also feature small and cute episodes that could happen around us. Director Jang Gyu-seong has presented warm and kind films that perfectly balance cheerful laughter and touching emotions and touch our hearts. His films, which have the power to warm our hearts, are not flashy but resemble his directing style that quietly exudes power. As a director, <어린 의뢰인>(2019), <나는 왕이로소이다> (2012), <이장과 군수> (2007), <여선생VS여제자> (2004), <선생 김봉두> (2003), <재밌는 영화> (2002) etc.
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2024-07-15 13:12:00