Athens International Film Festival
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RICEBOY SLEEPS

 

 

 


CANADA | 2022 | COLOR | DCP | 117’ | ENGLISH, KOREAN

Some films encompass the world. They seem to know life, pose the right questions, remain silent, emit awe. They are inevitably rare. All of this is found here, in the story of a woman and her son who immigrate from South Korea to Canada when the father dies. Shim, with confidence based on the excellent screenplay, the strategically considered direction, and the editing which reflects wonderfully the heroes’ world as well as the geography of the film, is sometimes fast-flowing and sometimes pauses on the exaltation of a meditation. The leading performance dominates in the gentle manner only far-Easterners know, as well as the handling of the sensitive issue. A film that will stay with you. I.D.

DIRECTOR: Anthony Shim
SCREENWRITER: Anthony Shim
DoP: Christopher Lew
MUSIC: Andrew Yong Hoon Lee
EDITOR: Anthony Shim
PRINCIPAL CAST: Choi Seung-yoon, Ethan Hwang, Hunter Dillon

ANTHONY SHIM
Canadian filmmaker born in South Korea. He started off in front of the camera, and holds a particularly symbolic role in this one too. This is his second film, already awarded with the top award of the Toronto Film Critics Association, half a dozen audience awards and several other honors at many festivals.

 FILMOGRAPHY
2022
Riceboy Sleeps
2019 Daughter



        : International Competition

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        CAREFREE DAYS | XIAO YAO YOU

        28/09/2023, 19:15, ASTOR
        29/09/2023, 19:00, ASTY

        HOW TO HAVE SEX

        HOW TO HAVE SEX

        28/09/2023, 22:00, IDEAL
        30/09/2023, 21:30, DANAOS 2

        OPPONENT | MOTSTÅNDAREN

        OPPONENT | MOTSTÅNDAREN

        29/09/2023, 19.15, DANAOS 1
        30/09/2023, 22.00, ASTY

        HOARD

        HOARD

        29/09/2023, 22:00, IDEAL
        05/10/2023, 21:30, DANAOS 2

        TÓTEM

        TÓTEM

        30/09/2023, 20:30, IDEAL
        04/10/2023, 21:30, DANAOS 2

        MATRIA

        MATRIA

        30/09/2023, 22:00, ASTOR
        03/10/2023, 22:00, DANAOS 2

        ARTHUR & DIANA

        ARTHUR & DIANA

        01/10/2023, 17:00, ASTOR
        06/10/2023, 19:30, ASTY

        20,000 SPECIES OF BEES | 20.000 ESPECIES DE ABEJAS

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        02/10/2023, 19:00, ASTOR
        05/10/2023, 19:15, ASTOR

        UNIVERSAL THEORY | DIE THEORIE VON ALLEM

        UNIVERSAL THEORY | DIE THEORIE VON ALLEM

        02/10/2023, 22:00, ASTOR
        03/10/2023, 19:30, ASTOR

        SLOW

        SLOW

        03/10/2023, 19:00, IDEAL
        06/10/2023, 17:00, ASTOR

        LOST COUNTRY

        LOST COUNTRY

        03/10/2023, 21:30, DANAOS 1
        05/10/2023, 17:00, ASTOR

        TEMPORARIES | RICHELIEU

        TEMPORARIES | RICHELIEU

        04/10/2023, 18:00, ASTOR
        06/10/2023, 22:00, ASTOR

        BITTEN | LA MORSURE

        BITTEN | LA MORSURE

        04/10/2023, 20:45, ASTY
        06/10/2023, 22:00, DANAOS 2

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        04/10/2023, 22:00, DANAOS 1
        06/10/2023, 22:00, DANAOS 1

        OMEN | AUGURE

        OMEN | AUGURE

        05/10/2023, 22:00, ASTOR
        06/10/2023, 19:30, ASTOR

        AWARD-WINNING FILM SCREENING (TEMPORARIES | RICHELIEU)

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        08/10/2023, 22:00, DANAOS 1