Synopsis

They sing, “Rise, all living corpses, forget the prolonged time of chaos, drag the long shadow of curse and haunt all boring souls. A concourse where three streets meet, where everyone wants to come at least once in their lives." These ghosts work as concourse staff of a theater, where three streets meet during the day and at night, and throw a fantastic feast of dance and songs as ghosts. Midnight Ballad for Ghost Theater starts somewhat like Jim Sharman's Rocky Horror Picture Show. However, as it travels through the history, this cult-like movie reveals the changing theater culture and dark shadow the past casts over the present. At the same time, it ventures into an odd time and space that combines Jean Cocteau-style surrealism, nightmare of Dr. Caligari and images that are often found in documentaries. Our Alice, who journeys through this wonderland of Lewis Carroll, is a girl named Sodan. Midnight Ballad for Ghost Theater is Korea's first musical-fantasy feature film. Director Jeon Kye-soo, who made long preparation for this musical film that crosses over such genres as performance, theater, art and film, is adept at directing this challenging style of musical with his balanced sense and skills. The wonder that the audience is bound to feel will soon turn into admiration when they learn this large-scale movie was actually made with a relatively small budget. (HAN Sang-joon)

Diretor

Jeon Kye Soo

Born in 1972, JeoN Kye-soo earned a BA in philosophy at Sogang University. He then worked as playwriter, actor and director in diverse productions of dramas and musicals. JEON produced 16mm shorts as a member of a movie club. After graduating from Hangyeorye Film School, he worked as an assistant director for Singles. He made his directorial debut with Midnight Ballad for Ghost Theater, a fantastic comic-horror musical.