"Drunk on Women and Painting" won the Best Director Award at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Korean director Im Kwok-Taek portrays the eventful life of Jang Seung-up, one of the most important Korean painters of the 19th century.
The film begins in the mid-nineteenth century, when Kim Byung-moon saves young Jang Seung-up from being beaten by a group of vagrants. As a thank you, Jang paints a picture for Kim, who after examining the drawing realizes the young man's extraordinary potential. Years later, Kim Byung-moon becomes Jang's mentor and encourages him to become an artist.
Jang Seung-up's hectic life then begins to walk between two passions: his love for painting and his love for women. His tormented personal relationships, reflected in the film through five female characters, and his addiction to alcohol cause the painter to turn to art whenever he goes through a crisis. Thus, Jang is increasingly introduced into himself and his works, until he is able to overcome the limits of traditional Korean art, becoming over the years a visionary and a national legend in his country.
The protagonists of this film are Choi Min-Sik and Yoo Ho-Jung. "Drunk on Women and Painting" will be screened on June 7 and 8 at 9:00 p.m. at the Cine Buñuel of the CIC El Almacén, in original version with subtitles in Spanish.
