Last Present

Last Present

Infobox Korean Film | name = Last Present (선물)


writer = Park Jeong-woo
starring = Lee Young Ae
Lee Jung Jae
director = Oh Gi-hwan
producer = Fun & Happiness
distributor = Cinema Service
released = March 24, 2001 (South Korea)
runtime = 110 min.
language = Korean
music =
awards =
imdb_id = 0294949
budget =
hangul = 선물
hanja = 膳物
rr = "Seon Mul"
mr = "(none)"

"Last Present" (aka "Last Gift", Korean title: 선물) is a Korean feature film released by Fun & Happiness Films in 2001. Directed by Oh Gi-hwan, it tells the tale of Yong-ki (Lee Jung Jae), a struggling comedian who continues to see parallels between his disintegrating relationship with his wife, Jung-yun (Lee Young Ae), and the characters he's playing on the stage.

Plot

"Last Present" traces the romance, marriage and estrangement of a down-and-out comedian, Yong-ki (Lee Jung Jae) and his long-suffering wife, Jung-yun (Lee Young Ae). Both of them defied his parents to get married but it seems his parents fears that things will never work out are coming true. Yong-ki hides behind a facade of optimism even as he turns down boring job offers in the hopes that his comedic talent will be noticed on a famous talent show he's auditioning for. Meanwhile, Jung-yun has to support them both as well as bear the pain of a miscarriage that Yong-ki is trying his best to forget. To make matters worse, Jung-yun discovers that she's dying from cancer and though Yong-ki suspects that something is wrong, she never tells him about her illness. Through the silent suffering and the estrangement, both husband and wife believe their marriage is over. But what they fail to notice until it is too late is that they still love each other deeply but both have been overcome by the trials life has thrown at them.

External links

Official sites

* [http://www.fnhpictures.com/www/sun-mool/ "Last Present" official site] (Korean)
* [http://www.fnhpictures.com/movie/sunmool_synopsis.asp SidusFNH's synopsis of "Last Present"] (Korean)
* [http://www.fnhpictures.com/eng/movie/sunmool_synopsis.asp SidusFNH's synopsis of "Last Present"] (English)

More Information

* [http://global.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/pid-1001844966/code-k/section-videos/ DVD information from YesAsia.com] (Hong Kong DVD release)
* [http://www.hkflix.com/xq/asp/filmID.1957/qx/details.htm DVD information from HKFlix] (Korean DVD release)
* [http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=130000&biid=2001031394308 Lee Young-Ae plays dying wife in The Gift] (News article. March 13, 2001. From Donga.com)


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