'Kill Boksoon' to screen at 73rd Berlin Film Festival

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'Kill Boksoon' to screen at 73rd Berlin Film Festival

Posted : 2023-01-15 16:22

Updated : 2023-01-17 14:08

A scene from the film, "Kill Boksoon" / Courtesy of Netflix

By Kwak Yeon-soo

Director Byun Sung-hyun's Netflix film, "Kill Boksoon," was invited to screen at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival, which will run from Feb. 16 to 26.

The film will be presented as part of the Berlinale Special program, a non-competitive section of the festival that includes "documentary, feature and short films that elevate and explore cinema as an art form."

Some recognizable titles for this year's program include: Guy Nattiv's "Golda," Andrea Di Stefano's "Last Night of Amore" and Mario Martone's "Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me."

"Kill Boksoon" stars Jeon Do-yeon, who won the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007 for her performance in "Secret Sunshine."

In the upcoming action thriller, she will star as single mother and hired killer who struggles to find work-life balance. Actor Seol Kyung-gu, a frequent collaborator of director Byun who starred in "The Merciless" (2017) and "Kingmaker" (2021), will play the role of the head of the contract killing agency.

Byun's earlier film, "The Merciless," was invited to the Midnight Screening section at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017. "It was totally unexpected, but I am ecstatic to see our film recognized. I hope this comes as a great surprise to the actors who worked tirelessly for the film,'" the director said in a statement.

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