Princess Aurora (film)

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Princess Aurora
Princess Aurora movie poster.jpg
Theatrical poster
Hangul
오로라공주
Hanja
오로라
Revised Romanization Orora Gongju
McCune–Reischauer Orora Kongju
Directed by Bang Eun-jin
Written byBang Eun-jin
Seo Min-hee
Kim Chang-rae
Jung Yong-joo
Produced byMyung Gye-nam
Nam Jong-woo
Kang Woo-suk
Starring Uhm Jung-hwa
Moon Sung-keun
CinematographyChoi Young-hwan
Edited byKim Hyeon
Music byJung Jae-hyung
Distributed by Cinema Service
Release date
  • October 27, 2005 (2005-10-27)
Running time
106 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$5,081,114 [1]

Princess Aurora is a 2005 South Korean film about a mother over grieving the death of her child, who goes on a murderous revenge spree. It was the directorial and writing debut of actress-director Bang Eun-jin. [2] [3]

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Plot

A strange series of murders begin to take place in Korea. There seems to be no connection between the victims, only a small sticker depicting a character from the popular "Princess Aurora" cartoon series is found at every crime scene.

Detective Oh Sung-ho (Moon Sung-keun), who is studying to become a priest, and his partner (Kwon Oh-joong) are working on the serial murder case, with little progress. Sung-ho begins to suspect that his ex-wife Jung Soon-jung (Uhm Jung-hwa) might be behind the murders. Uncertain of his suspicions, Sung-ho withholds information, and instead of confirming Soon-jung's guilt or innocence, gets caught up emotionally and spends a romantic night with her. The killings continue, with Soon-jung out to punish everyone whom she believes played a role in her young child's death. Soon-jung eventually allows herself to be captured, in order to complete the final act of her revenge. [4]

Cast

Reception

Though it was released with far less fanfare, its violent theme earned it comparison to Sympathy for Lady Vengeance , released the same year.

Awards and nominations

2005 Korean Association of Film Critics Awards
2005 Women in Film Korea Awards
2006 Baeksang Arts Awards [5]
2006 Golden Cinematography Awards
2006 Busan Film Critics Awards
2006 Korean Film Awards

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References

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