Immature and clumsy Dae-soo and beautiful but foul-mouthed Mi-ra were both sevte-year-old teagers wh Mi-ra became pregnant. As a result of familial rejection, Dae-soo decides to run away from home and care for his family on his own. Their son Ah-reum was born, but he was diagnosed with the extremely rare getic disorder progeria, which makes its recipit age prematurely and rapidly. Years later, Ah-reum is sixte, but his body is that of an eighty-year-old man. The family faces the fact that he may not live to see his 18th birthday. Ssing that he doesn't have much time left, Ah-reum writes a story about how his young parts fell in love and how he came to be, hoping to give it as a gift to them on his sevteth birthday. At the same time, Dae-soo and Mi-ra struggle to raise money for Ah-reum's hospital expses and accept the reality that their son will not be with them much longer. To cover costs, Dae-soo takes up work as a taxi-driver and Mi-ra works at a laundry. Dae-soo struggles to balance work and spding limited time with his son. Hearing the story of Ah-reum, a television crew searches out the family to make a documtary program about Ah-reum and his condition. After the documtary is screed, Ah-reum begins to receive emails from another child who is sick, a young girl whose messages comfort him and provide hope as he tries to recount the love story of his parts as his final gift to them.
My Brilliant Life marks director E J-yong’s return to commercial filmmaking after spding previous years focusing on low budget experimtal works such as Actresses (2009) and Behind the Camera (2013).
In a 2014 interview with South China Morning Post, actors Song Hye-kyo and Gang Dong-won spoke about their personal acting backgrounds and their interest in director E J-yong’s personal career up to the film. About their decisions to sign on to My Brilliant Life, they stated that the script “read as more restrained, but nevertheless thought-provoking on the subjects of family and loss.”
South Korean Actress Song Hye Kyo, Second Right, And Actor Kang Dong Won, Center, Attend A Premiere Event For Their New Movie
Principal photography began in 2013. Early on in production, director E J-yong recognized the need for advanced makeup techniques and special effects to age Jo Sung-mok, the child actor for Ah-Reum.
After months of research on costume makeup and its practitioners, Director Lee flew his makeup crew to Hollywood to study under special effects makeup artist Greg Cannom, whose work on films such as Fan (2016) and Bictnial Man (1999) has earned him nine Academy Award nominations and three wins. After training in aging techniques and collaborating with Cannom to construct a detailed makeup process for the character of Ah-reum, the makeup crew returned to Korea to begin initial filming. On the collaboration with Greg Cannom and the film's usage of special effects makeup, Director E J-yong stated that, “the film could stand its ground against Hollywood flicks.”
To prepare for the later sces of the aged Ah-reum, Jo Sung-mok underwt a daily 5-hour long makeup process to create wrinkles and age spots. The techniques used by the makeup artists was adapted from those used in the award-winning U.S. film, The Curious Case of Bjamin Button, on which Greg Cannom served as head of the makeup departmt.
Song Hye Kyo, Kang Dong Won, And Jo Sung Mok Look Like One Lovely Family At 'my Brilliant Life' Screening
The film obtained a release contract with Beijing Culture Media in 2014. Spackman, the investmt group which the film's production company Zip Cinema is under, declined to clarify whether Chinese distribution would be treated as an import or revue-sharing quota release wh asked by reporters.
My Brilliant Life received official wide release in China on March 13, 2015. It was distributed by China Film Group, the largest state-owned film terprise in China at the time. It oped on approximately 5, 000 scres throughout the country.
As of October 2018, the film has be screed on 629 scres, with admission of 1, 624, 601 and a gross of US$10, 799, 650, approximately 12.3 billion won, in South Korean box offices.
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For geral audice response, My Brilliant Life came in third in its oping weekd, following the highly-popular gambling saga installmt Tazza 2 (2014) and glish-language Frch scice fiction thriller film Lucy (2014). The film grossed a total of $7.89 million in its first three weekds.
In 2014, My Brilliant Life was invited to be screed at the 2015 Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy as the selected represtative for South Korea. The festival was held from April 23 to May 2 and was the European premiere of the film.
The film was also selected to be screed at the 34th Hawaii International Film Festival in 2014 as part of the evt's program, “Spotlight on Korea”. From October 30 to November 9, the film was showcased in Oahu. From November 13 to November 16, showcases were held in Kauai and Big Island.
Yesasia: My Brilliant Life (2014) (dvd) (hong Kong Version) Dvd
In 2015, the 5th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival Spring Showcase showed My Brilliant Life as part of its prestation of the Pacific Arts Movemt. From April 16 to April 25, the film was screed as the official selection and the screings represted the West Coast Premiere of My Brilliant Life.
For geral audice response, My Brilliant Life came in third in its oping weekd, following the highly-popular gambling saga installmt Tazza 2 (2014) and glish-language Frch scice fiction thriller film Lucy (2014). The film grossed a total of $7.89 million in its first three weekds.
In 2014, My Brilliant Life was invited to be screed at the 2015 Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy as the selected represtative for South Korea. The festival was held from April 23 to May 2 and was the European premiere of the film.
The film was also selected to be screed at the 34th Hawaii International Film Festival in 2014 as part of the evt's program, “Spotlight on Korea”. From October 30 to November 9, the film was showcased in Oahu. From November 13 to November 16, showcases were held in Kauai and Big Island.
Yesasia: My Brilliant Life (2014) (dvd) (hong Kong Version) Dvd
In 2015, the 5th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival Spring Showcase showed My Brilliant Life as part of its prestation of the Pacific Arts Movemt. From April 16 to April 25, the film was screed as the official selection and the screings represted the West Coast Premiere of My Brilliant Life.