Innocence (2020 film)
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Directed by | Park Sang-hyun |
Produced by | Park Joon |
Written by | Park Sang-hyun |
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Music by | Lee Ji-soo |
Cinematography | Yoo Il-seung |
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111 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Budget | ₩5 billion[1] (~US$4 million) |
Box office | $6,980,133 [2] |
Innocence (Hangul: 결백; RR: Gyeolbaek) is a 2020 South Korean crime drama film written and directed by Park Sang-hyun. The film stars Shin Hye-sun, Bae Jong-ok, and Heo Joon-ho. It follows a lawyer who defends her mother on trial for murder.
Innocence was theatrically released on June 10, 2020.[3] The film received positive reviews from critics, who praised the performances of the cast.
Contents
Plot
Based on a real-life story, the film focuses on Ahn Jung-in (Shin Hye-sun), a lawyer who decides to defend her mother after she is wrongly accused of killing someone at her husband's funeral.
Cast
Main
- Shin Hye-sun as Ahn Jung-in
- Bae Jong-ok as Chae Hwa-ja
- Heo Joon-ho as Mayor Choo
- Hong Kyung as Ahn Jung-soo
Supporting
- Tae Hang-ho as Yang Wang-yong
- Ko Chang-seok as Seedsman
- Park Chul-min as Hwang Bang-younh
- Kim Su-hyeon as law firm vice president
- Cha Soon-bae as Na Il-jung
- Jung In-gyeom as Public prosecutor Shin
- Han Yi-jin as Choi Seok-goo
- Shin Cheol-jin as Ji Young-deok
Special appearances
- Kim Young-jae as Director Park
- Kim Suk-hoon as Lim Choon-woo
- Park Sung-geun as law firm representative
- Bae Hae-sun as Mayor Choo's wife
- Park Jin-young as High Court judge
Production
Casting
On November 8, 2018, actresses Shin Hye-sun and Bae Jong-ok were confirmed to star in the courtroom film Innocence.[4] Han Yi-jin was confirmed to have joined the cast on December 11,[5] followed by Tae Hang-ho on December 12.[6]
The film marks Shin Hye-sun's first major role in a film.[7] She revealed that one of the reasons why she chose this film is because her father advised her to. She added that "such female-led legal dramas are not common these days, and [her] fans wanted [her] to play the role of a lawyer someday due to [her] clear diction."[8] Shin used Elizabeth Sloane (the main character of the 2016 American film Miss Sloane, played by Jessica Chastain) as a source of inspiration while preparing for her role.[9]
Bae Jong-ok chose to play Jung-in's mother "out of thirst for an acting transformation" as her character looks 30 years older than her.[10] She also accepted to play in the film because she "wondered how complicated and twisted relationships between neighbors can get if their respective families have a history between them."[11]
According to director Park Sang-hyun, the role of the mayor could only be played by Heo Joon-ho as the character "is rumored to have perfectly pulled off a double-faced man full of greed and corruption."[12]
Filming
Principal photography began on December 3, 2018 and filming was completed on February 28, 2019.[13]
Release
The film was originally set to be released on March 5, 2020.[14] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, promotional events were cancelled[15] and the distributor decided to postpone the release to May 27.[16] After a new cluster emerged in central Seoul in mid-May, the release was pushed back to June.[17][18] On May 22, it was announced that the film would hit theaters on June 11.[19] On June 4, it was announced that the film would be released one day earlier, on June 10.[20]
Reception
Box office
The film topped the South Korean box office during its opening weekend, with an estimated 203,000 moviegoers.[21][22] It surpassed 500,000 ticket sales the following week.[23]
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | 29th Buil Film Awards | Best New Actor | Hong Kyung | Nominated | [24] |
2021 | 41st Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Bae Jong-ok | Nominated | [25] |
Best New Actor | Hong Kyung | Nominated | |||
Best New Actress | Shin Hye-sun | Nominated | |||
57th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Heo Joon-ho | Nominated | [26] | |
Best Supporting Actress | Bae Jong-ok | Nominated | |||
Best New Actor | Hong Kyung | Won | |||
Best New Actress | Shin Hye-sun | Nominated | |||
26th Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Bae Jong-ok | Won | [27] | |
Best New Actor | Hong Kyung | Nominated |
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