Concrete Utopia

(콘크리트 유토피아)
SOUTH KOREA’S OSCAR® SUBMISSION

“Lee’s viscerally monstrous performance grounds a high-stakes drama.” – Carlos Aguilar, LA Times

“Critic’s Pick. Love thy neighbor is far from mind when disaster strikes a Seoul apartment complex in this blackhearted social satire.”- Jeannette Catsoulis, NY Times. 

After a massive earthquake, Seoul has swiftly been reduced to rubble. Everything in the city has collapsed, except for one building. Hwang Gung Apartments remains standing, as it was before that day. When survivors from the outside hear of this, they begin to gather at Hwang Gung Apartments. However, the original residents of the building start to feel threatened. Banding together for the sake of their survival, they elect ‘Young-tak’ as their Resident Delegate. Under his leadership, they strictly ban entry by outsiders and draw up a new set of Resident Regulations. Thanks to this, in contrast to the hellish nightmare outside, Hwang Gung Apartments stands as a safe and peaceful utopia for its residents. But amidst the continual threats to their survival, unexpected conflicts begin to arise among them.

Directed by Um Tae-hwa. Cast: LEE Byung-hun, PARK Seo-jun, KIM Sun-young, PARK Ji-hu & KIM Do-yoon.