Sunny (2011 film)
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Theatrical poster
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| Hangul | |
| Revised Romanization | Sseoni |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ssŏni |
| Directed by | Kang Hyeong-cheol |
| Produced by |
Ahn Byeong-ki Ahn In-ki |
| Written by | Kang Hyeong-cheol |
| Starring |
Shim Eun-kyung Kang So-ra Yoo Ho-jeong Jin Hee-kyung |
| Music by | Kim Jun-seok |
| Cinematography | Lee Hyung-deok |
| Edited by | Nam Na-yeong |
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Production
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Toilet Pictures
Aloha Pictures |
| Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
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Release date
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Running time
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134 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | US$5.5 million |
| Box office | US$51,116,421 |
Sunny (Hangul: 써니; RR: Sseoni) is a 2011 South Korean comedy-drama film. The film is about a middle-aged woman who tries to fulfill her friend's dying wish of reuniting their group of high school friends. The film alternates between two timelines: the present day where the women are middle-aged, and the 1980s when they were in high school. It is the second film by writer-director Kang Hyeong-cheol, who previously directed Scandal Makers (2008).
Released on 4 May 2011, Sunny was the first film of that year to sell five million tickets in South Korea, and became the second highest grossing Korean film by year's end. As of 20 September 2012[update], it is the all-time 13th best-selling in South Korean history. Kang Hyeong-cheol and Nam Na-yeong won Best Director and Best Editing, respectively, at the Grand Bell Awards. Actress Kang So-ra won several awards for her role as the teenage Ha Chun-hwa.
Im Na-mi (Yoo Ho-jeong), a wealthy housewife and mother, does her daily routine. While things look perfect on the outside (wonderful home, generous husband, beautiful daughter), she is depressed about her life. When she washes her face, she sees wrinkles on her skin. When she asks her husband to visit her mother at the hospital, he replies by giving her money to buy luxury bags, and her daughter expresses similar indifference and annoyance. In the mornings, Na-mi eats breakfast alone while father and daughter head to work and school, respectively. She looks outside and notices a group of high school girls who are walking and laughing.
After visiting her mother, Na-mi passes a patient's room with the sign "Ha Chun-hwa," and thinks about her high school life. She asks her chauffeur to take her to the all-girls high school she attended in Seoul. As she walks toward the school, a high school girl bumps into her and apologizes respectfully. Shortly after, a second girl bumps into her, but she is not as courteous. She wears a bright, yellow sweater, in fact, all of the girls are now wearing colorful sweaters and bright pants, as the setting is now the 1980s with Na-mi (Shim Eun-kyung) as a teenager.
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