The Host
Bong Joon-ho / KR, 2006 / 120 min.
Hilarious monster and spectacle film from South Korean director Bong Joon-ho, a box-office smash in South Korea and the US. A dysfunctional family swings into action when one of the children is swallowed by the river monster.
The Park family earn a meagre living selling nicknacks from a little stall next to the heavily polluted Han River in Seoul, South Korea. When their attention is distracted for a moment, a horrific river monster drags their daughter Hyun-seo into the murky depths – right into the innards of the city’s sewer system.
Screening on 35mm from the Eye Collection.
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Director
Bong Joon-ho
Production year
2006
Country
KR
Original title
Gwoemul
Length
120 min.
Language
Korean, English
Subtitles
NLD
Format
35mm
Part of
Eye Classics
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