Chan-wook Park

Park Chan-Wook (August 23rd, 1963) is undoubtedly one of the most acclaimed and prestigious filmmakers and screenwriters in his country, South Korea, as a result of the international success of his peculiar military thriller Joint Security Area (2000). But it wasn’t until his so-called “Vengeance Trilogy”, consisting of Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), Oldboy (2003) and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005), and which launched him on a triumphal circuit around different worldwide specialized festivals, that Park Chan-Wook would be acknowledged as one of the best on the international film scene. His cinema combines stories of ambiguous, extreme morals with an unusual poetic delicacy, thanks to a wide-ranging color palette, a very studied mise-en-scène full of plasticity, and a masterly use of music.

Sitges Film Festival