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Daytime Drinking (Korean: 낮술; RR: Najsul) is a 2008 South Korean film directed by Noh Young-seok.

On July 20, 2009, Funimation 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 cell phone signal. Unable (and reluctant) to return to Seoul, 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 hangover.

Ushering in a new era of independent filmmaking in South Korea, Daytime Drinking is a comedy in the spirit of Stranger Than Paradise and Sideways, but with a distinctly Korean twist.

Cast

  • Song Sam-dong as Hyeok-jin
  • Yook Sang-yeob as Ki-sang
  • Kim Kang-hee as Next-door woman
  • Lee Ran-hee as Ran-hee
  • Shin Un-seop
  • Tak Seoung-jun

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International releases

The film was picked up for general release in the United Kingdom by Inclusionism Films in 2011. The UK DVD release featured an interview with director Noh Young-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 Time Out London commenting on the "winning combination of pacing and a sharp script." In 2020, the film was ranked by The Guardian number 20 among the classics of modern South Korean cinema.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Daytime Drinking (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  2. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (13 February 2020). "Classics of modern South Korean cinema – ranked!". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

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