''Daytime Drinking'' () is a 2008 South Korean film directed by Noh Yeong-seok. On July 20, 2009,

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announced that it had acquired a license to distribute this film in North America.

Plot

On a drunken night out with his friends, a broken-hearted young man is swayed into going to the countryside with them for a getaway. But when he gets there, he finds that not only have none of them showed up, but the tiny seaside town is shuttered - no shops are open, no tourists are around, the beach is freezing, and there's no

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signal. Unable (and reluctant) to return to

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, he finds himself in the company of some very unusual locals and, subject to the rigid rules of Korean drinking culture, on an increasingly strange odyssey nursing a never-ending

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. Ushering in a new era of independent filmmaking in South Korea, ''Daytime Drinking'' is a comedy in the spirit of ''

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'' and ''

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'', but with a distinctly Korean twist.

Cast

* Song Sam-dong as Hyeok-jin * Yuk Sang-yeop as Gi-sang * Kim Gang-hui as Next-door woman * Lee Ran-hui as Ran-hui * Shin Un-seop * Tak Seong-jun

Festivals

Jeonju International Film Festival Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF, ) is an Asian film festival based in South Korea. It was launched in 2000 as a non-competitive film festival seeking to introduce independent and experimental films to the general public and focusing ...

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Locarno International Film Festival The Locarno International Film Festival is a major international film festival, held annually in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narr ...

2008 *

Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the most prestigious and largest publicly attended film festivals in the world. Founded in 1976, the festival takes place every year in early September. The organi ...

2008 * Vessoul Asian Film Festival 2009 * Asian Hot Shots Berlin 2009 *

International Film Festival Rotterdam International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, focused on independent and experimental films. The inaugural festival took place in June 1972, ...

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SXSW Film Festival South by Southwest (SXSW) is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas. It began in 1987 and has continued growing in both s ...

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Maryland Film Festival The Maryland Film Festival is an annual five-day international film festival taking place each March in Baltimore, Maryland. The festival was launched in 1999, and presents international film and video work of all lengths and genres. The festiv ...

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Hong Kong International Film Festival The Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) is one of Asia's oldest international film festivals. Founded in 1976, the festival features different movies and filmmakers from different countries, and takes place in Hong Kong. HKIFF screens ...

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Wisconsin Film Festival The Wisconsin Film Festival is an annual film festival, founded in 1999. The festival is held every April in Madison, Wisconsin, and has recently been expanded from five days to eight days. The Festival presents a broad range of independent America ...

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Singapore International Film Festival The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) (Simplified Chinese, Chinese: 新加坡国际电影节) is the longest-running film festival in Singapore, founded in 1987. The 35th Singapore International Film Festival took place from 28 Novem ...

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Fantasia Festival Fantasia International Film Festival, also known as Fantasia Fest or simply Fantasia, is a genre film festival that has been based mainly in Montreal since its founding in 1996. It focuses on fantasy, horror, sci-fi and cult genre films. Regular ...

2009 *

Seattle International Film Festival The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) is a film festival held annually in Seattle, Washington, United States, since 1976. It usually takes place in late May and/or early June. It is one of the largest festivals in the world, and feature ...

2009

Awards

* JJ-Star Award / Audience Critics' Award -

2008 * Special Mention of the Jury / NETPAC Award -

2008 * INALCO Jury Award - Vessoul Asian Film Festival 2009

International releases

The film was picked up for general release in the

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by Inclusionism Films in 2011. The UK DVD release featured an interview with director Noh Yeong-seok, in which he explained some of the myriad "rules for drinking" in Korean culture. The film was well received by press in the UK, with ''

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'' commenting on the "winning combination of pacing and a sharp script." In 2020, the film was ranked by ''

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'' number 20 among the classics of modern South Korean cinema.

References

External links

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2008 films 2008 comedy films South Korean independent films South Korean comedy films 2000s Korean-language films Funimation 2008 independent films 2000s South Korean films Korean-language comedy films