Hansel and Gretel (2007)

Director: Pil-Sung Yim

Starring: Jeong-myeong Cheon, Eun Won-jae, Eun-kyung Shim

After meeting an mysterious girl on an dark stretch of road, a young salesman is invited to a beautiful house with bizarre secrets and no way to escape.

An interesting take on a classic tale. Wow, this film is so well shot, the look and feel of the film is wonderful. The beginning is magical, yet mysterious, but we soon realize things are very wrong. Cursed, three children living in the house of no escape need ‘parents’ to look after them, so they lure people to their house. Jeong-myeong Cheon was very good as young salesman Eun-Soo, who the children viewed as ‘different’ to the other people. He was more caring and understanding, as he himself was a father to be, and this attitude saved his life. It was very effectively done how he won over the children’s hearts, and how he also became their protector. The visuals were awesome.

The film won the European and International Fantasy Film awards, as well as the Orient Express Section Grand Prize Award. It was also nominated for Best Film.

In Korean.