Festivals - Gerardmer 2021 : Beauty water will be screened

By Mulder, 19 january 2021

In a society as obsessed with physical appearance as today's South Korea, ugliness is a fate far worse than death. Yaeji is not very pretty, and on top of that, she is overweight. A quick solution to the problem suddenly presents itself, although it's a bit suspicious. Before long, she will regret this decision... much worse than death. Beauty is superficial, but scenes of body horror make us shudder to the bone! Director Cho Kyung-hun's animated horror film Bauty water (an adaptation of a very popular web comic) reveals the high price of beauty.

Born in 1975 in South Korea, Cho Kyung-hun graduated in business administration from Yonsei University in Seoul. He then studied animation techniques and directed the animated shorts Constipation (1996), Hungry (2000) and Revenge Impossible 2 (2001). In 2000, he founded the animation production company Studio Animal where he produced, among others, Medical Island (2003), Ghost Messenger (2010) and Hanging On! (2014). Beauty Water is his first animated feature film as a director.

Synopsis :
Yaeji, an obese young woman, discovers by chance a beauty product like no other. Just apply it to the skin to reshape her body and face according to her desires. Yaeji will thus be able to fulfill her dearest wish: to become the most beautiful woman. But beauty has a price that she will pay dearly...

Beauty water
Directed by Cho Kyung-hun
Produced by Jeon Byung-jin
Written by Lee Han-bin
Starring Kim Bo-young, Cho Hyun-jung, Jang Min-hyuk, Moon Nam-sook
Music by Hong Dae-sung
Cinematography: Moon Seong-cheol
Edited by Cho Kyung-hun
Distributed by M-Line Distribution
Release date : September 9 , 2020 (South Korea)
Running time: 85 minutes

(Source: press release)