Muoi: The Legend of a Portrait

Mười: The Legend of a Portrait


Hangul	므이
Revised Romanization	Meu-i
McCune–Reischauer	Mui

Directed by	Kim Tae-kyeong
Written by	Zizak
Starring	Jo An Cha Ye-ryun Anh Thư
Cinematography	Park Jae-hong
Edited by	Ko Im-pyo
Music by	Ryu Hyeong-wook
Distributed by	Cinema Service CJ Entertainment (South Korea) Phuoc Sang Films (Vietnam)
Release dates	July 25, 2007 (2007-07-25) (South Korea)^[1] December 24, 2007 (2007-12-24) (Vietnam)
Running time	93 minutes
Countries	South Korea Vietnam
Languages	Korean Vietnamese
Box office	US$1,245,621^[2]

Mười: The Legend of a Portrait is a 2007 horror film starring Jo An, Cha Ye-ryun and Anh Thu. It became the first horror film in Vietnam after the Fall of Saigon^[3] as well as the first rated film in Vietnam.

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Plot

Yun-hee, a South Korean writer, is under pressure by her editor to produce something of interest for her next book. She hasn’t had a book published in three years and is all too cognizant of this fact. Things look up when her old friend Seo-yeon calls from Vietnam. Seo-Yeon informs Yun-hee about a local Vietnamese folklore centered around a girl named “Mười” and her haunted portrait. It just so happens that in Yun-hee’s prior novel, she wrote a semi-autobiographical tale concerning her friends titled “Secrets & Lies”. In the book Seo-Yeon was portrayed in the most horrible manner, but Yun-hee is sure that Seo-Yeon hasn’t read the book as she has been living in Vietnam for years. Yun-hee eagerly flies to Vietnam to learn more about Muoi.

Vietnamese reaction

Muoi is considered the first horror film production to be made in Vietnam.^[4] Despite high public expectation, the picture also received bad reactions.

Upon examination, it received a disapproval from Vietnamese Bureau of Cinema for "unsuitable contents,"^[5] which led to a delay in Vietnamese release. Because of this, it became the second horror film to be released in Vietnam, while another in the genre, Ngoi nha ma am/Suoi oan hon (Haunted House/Ghosted Stream), came out in August.

Finally, Muoi was released on December 24, 2007 with the first rating in Vietnamese film history: an under-16 ban for disturbing violence and horror image. Though stuck with this restriction, Muoi also had to suffer from scene cuts requested by the bureau. These include Muoi's right leg breakage, a monk's body falling, and Eun-jung's death.^[5]

Awards

At 2008's 7th Golden Kite Awards (the local equivalent of the Oscars), Phuoc Sang Films chose to send Muoi to the examining judge; afterwards, controversy arose because it was not considered a "real Vietnamese film"^[6] (most of the film was shot by Koreans). However, the film still received accolades for Best Cinematography and Best Sounds.^[7]

Cast

Jo An ... Yoon-hee
Cha Ye-ryun ... Seo-yeon
Anh Thu ... Muoi
Hong Anh ... Hong
Hong So-hee ... Eun-jung
Lim Seong-eon
Ly Nha Ky ... young girl

References

^ Korean Film List 2007, Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved on January 20, 2008.
^ "Muoi". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 04, 2012.
^ The first Vietnamese horror film was South Vietnam's Con ma nha ho Hua (The Ghost of Family Hua). Oan hon (Spirits) in 2004 from Vietnamese Americans
^ Tin Tuc Online – Vietnamnet Archived 2008-03-08 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b LAODONG.COM.VN | Dưới 16 tuổi không được xem phim Mười - Duoi 16 tuoi khong duoc xem phim Muoi
^ ": Tuoi Tre Online :". Archived from the original on 2009-02-10. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
^ VnExpress - Phương Thanh giành giải Cánh diều vàng 2007 Archived 2008-03-19 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Muoi: The Legend of a Portrait at IMDb
Muoi: The Legend of a Portrait at HanCinema
Film review at Koreanfilm.org

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