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Bronson

Nicolas WINDING REFN

UK200892min 35mm C Asian Premiere

Synopsis

An bold and interesting movie about the most famous prisoner in the UK. Michael Peterson was violent from a young age. One day, he commits a crime and goes to prison. After being released from jail, he fights as a boxer at a fight club and starts being called Charles BRONSON. This is the start of BRONSON, who spent 30 years in solitary confinement during his 34 years in jail. In Bronson, the protagonist looks at the audience and recounts his life. It is an outstanding monologue and drama interms of its form and content. Ironically, the bloody biography of BRONSON who never regrets or repents evokes sympathy for him, and the audience thinks about the cause of violence or the act of a human locking up another human being. The star of the movie is Tom HARDY who plays BRONSON. His acting alone is worth watching the movie for. (HUH Ji Woong)

Diretor

Nicolas WINDING REFN

Born in 1970, Denmark, Winding Refn made a feature debut Pusher (1996) which he directed and wrote at the age of 24. The film won him international critical acclaims. He won the Best Director Award at 2011 Cannes Film Festival with his film Drive (2011). The Neon Demon was again selected in the official competition in 2016 Cannes.