Who Are You?: Film Facts

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    by Myung Films

ABOUT THE CAST:
Cho Seungwoo as Hyungtae
Born in 1980, Cho Seungwoo made his first film debut with CHUNHYANG directed by Im Kwontaek, the first Korean film in Cannes' Official Competition.

After CHUNHYANG, Cho went back to the musical stage he can show all the talents. Since then, he has been offered by many musicals including the main role for PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. But he chose the film, WANEE & JUNHA, as the first love and at the same time the brother of Wanee .

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    by Myung Films

ABOUT THE CAST:
Lee Nayoung as Inju
Born in 1979, Lee Nayoung has been starring in many TV commercials and it is somewhat that she has been misunderstood just as a pretty girl with artificial image. In fact, she has been known as the symbol of today's young girls in their 20s that you can run into in the street wearing blue jeans, T-shirts and a cap from her images in commercials.

But now Lee is reborn in WHO ARE YOU? as calm but strong Inju. Before casting, dnding.com did the questionnaire and the poll showed that the 70% recommended her for Inju.

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    by Myung Films



ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:
"Young people are restless and unstable since they are left in the middle of the fog without the guidance. There is no other way to secure their love than share each other's identities.

WHO ARE YOU? is made with 916 cuts in total and I used Camera P which can move very much. I try to avoid the static feeling using handheld camera, and use the camera movement drives toward the character or from believing to help the audiences to identify themselves with the characters. I used the light with the strong contrast to describe the energy which the youth has.

I want the music to be used to emphasize the concrete actions of the characters of turning on and off the music not just as the background for the characters. The reason for this is that listening to the music for the young generations is just a part of their lives.

The reflected images of Hyungtae in cafe Titicaca ironically emphasizes the loneliness of Inju. Inju often stays in frame alone. When Hyungtae tells Inju that he is Mello in Titicaca, Hyungtae came out of the reflected images stands straight in front of Inju. And this moment is emphasized by the camera movement and reverse shot.

I used the lights, movements, noises, music to lift up the characters' emotions and energy of the youth for the ending sequence. Especially the shots by HD (Hyungtae and Inju walking in the crowd) is the essence of those images."

Born in 1967, Choi Ho studied film in Chungang University and went to France to study the directing. Choi Ho's first feature debut, BYE JUNE, is shot mostly in Apgujung streets. Because of the poor lighting equipments, Choi had to shoot the film using glittering neon signs on the street. After continuous questions and experiments about the youth in BYE JUNE, Choi Ho is asking the questions of the youth of 2002 now. It took him one and a half year of making the script and 6 months of pre-production to catch the real face of the youth in WHO ARE YOU?. For him, liveliness of youth is not an answer but a theme.

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