Little Forest (film)

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Little Forest
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Hangul
리틀 포레스트
Revised Romanization Liteul Poleseuteu
Directed by Yim Soon-rye
Screenplay by Hwang Seong-gu
Based on Little Forest
by Daisuke Igarashi
Produced byJenna Ku
Starring Kim Tae-ri
Ryu Jun-yeol
Moon So-ri
Jin Ki-joo
CinematographyLee Seung-hoon
Edited byKim Seon-min
Music byLee Jun-oh
Production
company
Watermelon Pictures
Distributed by Megabox Plus M
Release date
  • February 28, 2018 (2018-02-28)
Running time
103 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
BudgetUS$1.4 million [1]
Box officeUS$11.1 million [2]

Little Forest is a 2018 South Korean drama film directed by Yim Soon-rye and based on a manga series of the same name by Daisuke Igarashi which was first published in 2002. [3] [4]

Contents

After failing to pass the national qualification exam to become a teacher, Hye-won (Kim Tae-ri) abandons her part-time job in Seoul to return to the small village where she was raised.

Synopsis

The story of a young woman who returns to her childhood home, in a traditional Korean village, after leaving for the big city in pursuit of what turned out to be an elusive dream. When she returns home, her mother isn't there – but her mother's "Little Forest", the many ways in which a single mother successfully made a home for her much loved child, unfurl with a long succession of lovingly sketched details involving mostly food preparation.

The unfurling moments are lightly but lovingly shared with two childhood friends, one of whom also abandoned their elusive dream of success in the big city (Seoul) and the other who is still pursuing the small town equivalent of that elusive dream—without ever leaving home.

Cast

Production

Principal photography began on January 21, 2017. It took place in a small village in South Gyeongsang Province. Filming wrapped up on October 26, 2017. [8]

The film was produced at a cost of US$1.4 million. [9]

Reception

Box office

The film came in second place at the Korean box office on the opening day by attracting 131,337 audiences. [10] During the first weekend since the film was released on 832 screens, Little Forest drew 372,394 moviegoers accounting for 22.3 percent of the weekend's ticket sales. [11] This accumulated to a total of 686,000 ticket sales at the end of the first five days. [12]

By March 10, 2018, within 11 days since its premiere, the film was watched by more than 1 million moviegoers, with US$7.5 million in takings. [13]

During the second weekend, the film was viewed by 262,953 audiences and fell to third place at the Korean box office. [14] [15]

Little Forest remained in third place at the Korean box office after three weekends, attracting 127,456 moviegoers during the weekend and increasing the total ticket sales to 1.35 million at the end of three weeks. [16] [17]

Throughout the fourth weekend, the film attracted 60,162 moviegoers and dropped to fourth place at the weekend box office. [18] [19]

Critical response

The Korea Herald reviewed Little Forest as "a small film with no villain, no real tension, and no real conflict", stating that the director tries to "shows us that maybe letting go can give us exactly what we’ve wanted." [20]

Awards and nominations

AwardsCategoryRecipientResultRef.
54th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actress Kim Tae-ri Nominated [21]
Best New Actress Jin Ki-joo Nominated
27th Buil Film Awards Best Actress Kim Tae-ri Nominated [22] [23]
Best New Actress Jin Ki-joo Nominated
55th Grand Bell Awards Nominated [24]
2nd The Seoul Awards Nominated [25]
38th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Top 11 FilmsLittle ForestWon [26]
39th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best FilmNominated [27]
Best Director Yim Soon-rye Nominated
Best Actress Kim Tae-ri Nominated
Best EditingKim Sun-minNominated
Best Art DirectionYoon Na-raNominated
5th Korean Film Producers Association AwardsBest Director Yim Soon-rye Won [28]
18th Director's Cut Awards Best Actress Kim Tae-ri Won [29]
24th Chunsa Film Art Awards Best Director Yim Soon-rye Nominated
Best Actress Kim Tae-ri Nominated
Best New Actress Jin Ki-joo Won

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