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A Taxi Driver is a sud coréen film of genre Drama directed by Jang Hoon with Song Kang-ho
A Taxi Driver (2017)
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Add to a movie listA Taxi Driver (hangeul : 택시 운전사 ; RR : Taeksi Unjeonsa, littéralement « chauffeur de taxi ») est un film dramatique historique sud-coréen réalisé par Jang Hoon, sorti en 2017.
Le film est tiré d'une histoire vraie. Durant le soulèvement de Gwangju de 1980, le journaliste allemand Jürgen Hinzpeter, intéressé par l'événement, décide de se rendre sur place pour filmer les combats urbains. Il utilise pour cela un taxi et la complicité du chauffeur Kim Sa-bok. Son nom est connu grâce au journaliste allemand qui l’a remercié lors d’une cérémonie en 2003. La production du film aurait essayé de retrouver la trace de Kim Sa-bok, en vain.
Il connait un grand succès en Corée du Sud en devenant le deuxième plus grand succès de l'année avec plus de 12 millions d'entrées au box-office sud-coréen de 2017, pour un budget de 15 milliards de won (environ 11 millions d’euros).
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En 1980, un journaliste allemand travaille au Japon pour une chaîne de télévision allemande. Au mois de mai de la même année a lieu, en Corée du Sud, le soulèvement de Gwangju. Ce mouvement, principalement étudiant et syndical, s’oppose à la dictature de Chun Doo-hwan, mise en place après l’assassinat de Park Chung-hee. Il décide alors de se rendre dans le pays. Il prend un taxi de Séoul à Gwangju et filme tout ce qu’il voit. Son retour jusqu'à Séoul sera éminemment compliqué puisqu'il leur faut échapper à la surveillance aérienne. De retour au Japon, il envoie son film en Allemagne.Actors
Song Kang-ho
(Kim Man-seob)
Thomas Kretschmann
(Peter)
Yoo Hae-jin
(Hwang Tae-sul)
Ryu Jun-yeol
(Gu Jae-sik)
Ko Chang-seok
(le père de Sang-goo)
Jung Jin-young
(Reporter Lee)
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