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Asia Cine-Club: A Taxi Driver 택시운전사 (2017, South Korea)🗓 Tuesday, December 29 | ⏰ Doors: 6PM | 🎬 Film: 8PM | 📍 TicTic, Phnom Penh
Seoul, 1980. Kim Man-seob (Song Kang-ho) is a widowed taxi driver who is behind on his rent and raising a daughter on his own. He hears about a fare: a foreign journalist who'll pay well for a day trip to Gwangju. The journalist is the German reporter Jürgen Hinzpeter (Thomas Kretschmann), and neither of them knows what's happening in the city.
It's built around the Gwangju Uprising of May 1980, and it's based on the real Hinzpeter and his driver, Kim Sa-bok. Jang Hoon directed. In South Korea more than ten million people bought tickets, and it was the country's entry for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Content warning: scenes of violence against civilians.
"An entertaining journey into a tragic and violent chapter of Korean modern history."
– Maggie Lee, Variety
"A richly imagined tribute to a working-class hero."
– Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter
🎟 Free Entry & Popcorn – Arrive early for sofa, bed, or beanbag seating.
📽 IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6878038/
📽 Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/film/a-taxi-driver/
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Event venue
TicTic តិចៗ, Langka Lane (Lane behind Patio Hotel), Boeng Keng Kang Ti Muoy, Chamkarmon, Phnom Penh, Cambodia 120102, Cambodia
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