As Cheng Kang’s [14 Amazons] is shown at this year’s Busan International Film Festival as a special screening, a Korean film [A Journey with Korean Masters] will be screened. It’s an omnibus film consisting of 5 shorts directed by 5 veteran Korean filmmakers that were once among the most prominent in the industry Park Cheol-su, Byun Jangho, Lee Doo-yong, Lee Chang-ho and Jung Ji-young. It is a modest project about Seoul, produced by the A Journey with Korean Masters Production Committee. In this film, the masters collaborate with a wealth of actors of varying generations in promoting the city, integrating its past and present throughout the film. This special screening is an excellent chance to enjoy the hallmarks that define these mature, highly experienced directors. Although some may be familiar, others have not been in the public eye for almost twenty years.
Angela thinks that she has an ideal life. She lives in Nice, in a beautiful apartment, with a handsome husband and a charming teenage daughter. But on Christmas Eve, her daughter leaves her to get together with her boyfriend, her husband dumps her and her best gal pal prefers to take sleeping pills than spend the evening with Angela. It comes as a total shock. Angela has no other choice than to take a thorough look at herself and to piece herself together... which isn't easy with her tyrannical mother, an hysterical gal pal, and a psychiatrist who employs experimental methods.
Filmed on the beautiful islands of Greece, "With a Kiss I Die" is a dark love story about Juliet Capulet (from Shakespearean fame) who is forced to live for all eternity knowing that her true love died in her arms nearly 800 years ago. Broken and numb, she meets a young woman who captures her heart again, and teaches her that love and loss are all a part of life, and that a life without love is no life at all.