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THE TENOR LIRICO SPINTO

By Sang-Man KIM

BOXOO ENTERTAINMENT - as DISTR Theatrical

Drama - Completed 2013

BASED ON THE EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORY
OF A TENOR WHO LOST HIS VOICE

Festivals
& Awards

Busan - BIFF/APM 2014

Korean Cinema Today - Vision

Busan International Film Fiestival 2014

Korean Cinema Today - Panorama

Taipei Godend Horse Film Fetival 2014

Asian Window

shanghai 2014

Official Selection for Spectrum Section

Belgrade IFF 2015

Downtown Cinema

- Year of production
- 2013
- Genres
- Drama, Biography
- Countries
- KOREA (South), JAPAN
- Languages
- KOREAN, ENGLISH
- Budget
- 50 - + M$
- Duration
- 120 mn
- Director(s)
- Sang-Man KIM
- Writer(s)
- Sang-Man KIM
- Cast
- Ji-Tae YOO, Kie KITANO, Natasa TAPUSKOVIC, Ye-Ryun CHA, Yusuke ISEYA
- Producer(s)
- Jenny Jung-A KIM (More In Group), Tae-Jin CHUNG (More In Group), Totaro WAJIMA (Voice Factory)
- Synopsis
- THE TALENTED KOREAN TENOR, BAE JAE-CHUL, WHO PENETRATES THE AUDIENCE’S HEARTS THROUGH HIS DELICATE AND POWERFUL SINGING, IS ON THE RISE TO STARDOM AT THE EUROPEAN OPERA SCENE. KOJI SAWADA, A JAPANESE MUSIC PRODUCER, IS SEARCHING FOR A NEW TENOR FOR AN UPCOMING PERFORMANCE. HE WATCHES A PERFORMANCE OF BAE JAE-CHUL AND IS AMAZED THAT AN ASIAN CAN ACTUALLY SING BETTER THAN MOST EUROPEAN SINGERS. SAWADA INVITES JAE-CHUL TO JAPAN, WHICH MARKS THE BEGINNING OF A GREAT FRIENDSHIP.
  BUT AFTER A SUCCESSFUL SEASON OF PERFORMANCES, THE TRAGEDY OF THYROID CANCER STRIKES JAE-CHUL. DURING AN OPERATION, THE NERVES OF HIS VOCAL CORDS HAS TO BE CUT DUE TO THE WIDELY SPREAD CANCER. UNFORTUNATELY, JAE-CHUL, WHO WAS ONCE SO PASSIONATE AND AMBITIOUS, ENDS UP LOSING HIS VOICE AT THE PEAK OF HIS CAREER.
  SAWADA CAN’T STAND TO WATCH JAE-CHUL FALL APART INTO A STATE OF HOPELESSNESS AND SO HE STARTS TO LOOK FOR A SOLUTION TO RECOVER HIS VOCAL ABILITIES. EVENTUALLY, SAWADA FINDS OUT THAT DR. ISSHIKI IS A VETERAN DOCTOR WHO PERFORMS A SPECIFIC SURGERY FOR VOCAL CORDS RESTORATION, WHICH COULD POSSIBLY CURE JAE-CHUL’S VOICE. SAWADA’S PERSUASION LEADS JAE-CHUL TO UNDERGO THE OPERATION TO OVERCOME THIS TRAGIC INCIDENT. THE SURGERY GETS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED.
  ALTHOUGH HIS VOICE IS NOT FULLY RECOVERED, JAE-CHUL REGAINS HOPE TO CONTINUE HIS LOVE FOR MUSIC. JAE-CHUL STARTS REHABILITATION WHILE SAWADA PREPARES A NEW CONCERT WITH A SPECIAL STAGE FOR HIM.
  BUT AN UNEXPECTED OCCURRENCE HAPPENS RIGHT BEFORE THEIR EYES…
- Beginning of shooting
- Jan 01, 2013
- End of shooting
- May 07, 2013

THE TENOR LIRICO SPINTO

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