Bedevilled is a 2010 South Korean thriller film. It is the directorial debut of Jang Chul-Soo, who worked as an assistant director

Assistant director

The role of an Assistant director include tracking daily progress against the filming production schedule, arranging logistics, preparing daily call sheets, checking cast and crew, maintaining order on the set. They also have to take care of health and safety of the crew...

 with Kim Ki-duk

Kim Ki-duk

Kim Ki-duk is a South Korean filmmaker noted for his idiosyncratic "art-house" cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit. He is not related to the Kim Ki-duk who directed Yonggary in the 1960s...

. The film premiered as an official selection of International Critics' Week at 2010 Cannes Film Festival

2010 Cannes Film Festival

The 63rd annual Cannes Film Festival was held from May 12 to May 23, 2010, in Cannes, France. The Cannes Film Festival, hailed as being one of the most recognized and prestigious film festivals worldwide, was founded in 1946. It consists of having films screened in and out of competition during the...

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The film follows the life of Kim Bok-Nam in a small island. She is an only young woman in the island and is constantly abused by others. She attempts to escape the island with her daughter, only to fail again.

Cast

• Seo Yeong-hee ... Kim Bok-Nam
• Ji Seong-won ... Hae-won, Bok-Nam's childhood friend who visits the island from Seoul
• Park Jeong-hak ... Man-Jong, Bok-Nam's husband
• Baek Su-ryun ... Grandma Dong-ho

Awards

• 2010 Fantastic Fest
  Fantastic Fest
  Fantastic Fest is an annual film festival in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 2005 by Tim League of Alamo Drafthouse, Harry Knowles of Ain't It Cool News, Paul Alvarado-Dykstra, and Tim McCanlies, writer of The Iron Giant and Secondhand Lions. The festival focuses on genre films such as horror,...
  
  
  • Audience Award
  • Best Actress – AMD & Dell "Next Wave" Spotlight Competition (Ji Sung-won)
• 2011 Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer
  Fantastic'Arts
  The Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer is an international festival of horror and science fiction films which has been held each year since 1994 in Gérardmer in the Vosges, France towards the end of January...
  
  
  • Grand Prix
• 2010 Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival
  Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival
  The Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival , or PiFan, is an international film festival held annually in July in Bucheon, South Korea...
  
  
  • Best of Puchun
  • Best Actress (Seo Yeong-hee)
  • Fujifilm Eterna Award
• 2010 Grand Bell Awards
  Grand Bell Awards
  The Grand Bell Awards is an awards ceremony presented annually by The Motion Pictures Association of Korea for excellence in film in South Korea....
  
  
  • Best New Director (Jang Chul-Soo)
• 2010 Korean Film Critics Association Award
  • Best Actress (Seo Yeong-hee)
  • Best New Director (Jang Chul-Soo)
• 2010 Korean Film Awards
  Korean Film Awards
  The Korean Film Award is a South Korean film awards ceremony hosted by the MBC.-Awards:The categories are*Best Film*Best Director*Best New Director*Best Leading Actor*Best Leading Actress*Best Supporting Actor*Best Supporting Actress...
  
  
  • Best Actress (Seo Yeong-hee)
  • Best New Director (Jang Chul-Soo)
• 2010 Directors' Cut Awards
  • Best Actress (Seo Yeong-hee)
  • Best New Director (Jang Chul-Soo)

External links

• Bedevilled at HanCinema
• Review at KoreanFilm.org