Dir: Jang Joon-hwan, 2003, South Korea, 118mins, Korean with English subs, Cert: 18
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Thu 16 October // 20:00
Tickets: £5
Byung-gu (Shin Ha-kyun) is a man convinced that aliens are plotting Earth’s destruction so he kidnaps a corporate executive he believes is one of them. What begins as a strange abduction descends into a surreal conspiracy thriller, tragic love story and a cry of ecological despair,
A cult landmark of early 2000s South Korean cinema, Save the Green Planet! is as hilarious as it is harrowing, with tonal shifts that reflect a world on the edge. Once considered too strange to classify, it’s now hailed as a visionary masterpiece now reimagined by Lanthimos for a new generation with his upcoming Bugonia.
