KOREAN FICTION

Rendez-vous

Place Auditorium Jean Mineur

Broadcast on 29 April 14:00 - 18:15

The series from South Korea, an extraordinarily rich territory, have made CANNESERIES their second home. We are thrilled to once again present an overview of this year’s productions within our focus on South Korean Fiction, in partnership with KCA.

This session is for French and Korean speaking audiences only, with episodes in Korean subtitled in French.

In the presence of the creator Koh Dae-Hwa and actors Gyu-Ri Nam, Soo-Hyun Hong, Jong-Nam Choi & Dani Han (Nursery Rhyme Horror Story) and the director Junghoon Lee and actors Juhyun Park, Seungsoo Ryu, Gwang Choi & Chanwook Bin (Hunter with a scalpel) and the director ChangGeun Cho and actors HaeJung Cho, SaeOn Lee, GaKyung Lee & YounJeong Kim (Fasting Love) and the director Yeon-Hwa SONG & producer Hak-Gu KANG (Doubt)

In the presence of the series' team and the actors Juhyun Park, Seungsoo Ryu, Gwang Choi (Hunter with a scalpel) and Soo-Hyun Hong, Gyu-Ri Nam, Jong-Nam Choi & Dani Han (Nursery Rhyme Horror Story) and HaeJung Cho, SaeOn Lee, GaKyung Lee, YounJeong Kim (Fasting Love) and the directo Yeon-Hwa SONG, the producer Hak-Gu KANG (Doubt)

Age restriction : 16+

NURSERY RHYME HORROR STORY

2024 - World Premiere - 60 minutes
Korean
French subtitles

«Nursery Rhyme Horror Story» reimagines nursery rhymes as chilling tales. Episodes explore Yeon-soo’s discovery of a motel’s dark secret, Eun-chae’s haunted past, Seo-rin’s posses- sion fears, Ji-wook’s forbidden upstairs, Yua’s cursed bubble song, and Junho’s eerie Doll Village visit. Blending fear, morality, and nostalgia, the show captivates with psychological horror and emotional depth, leaving viewers rethinking familiar rhymes.

Created by
Dae-Hwa Koh

Written by
Seon-Hee Yun, So-Hui Park

Directed by
Kyoung-Tack Lim, Hyun-Woong Heo

Music
Jae-Gweon Han

Cast
Gyu-Ri Nam, Soo-Hyun Hong

Production
KORTOP Media

Sales
KORTOP Media

HUNTER WITH A SCALPEL

2025 - World Premiere - 60 minutes
Korean
French subtitles

The past comes back to haunt a forensic pathologist considered to be the top of her field. The father she presumed dead all these years has returned to threaten everything she worked for. With everything on the line, she has no choice but to face her past to save her future.

Created by
Choi Ido

Written by
Cho Hanyoung, Park Hyunshin, Hong Yeoni, Jin Sehyuk

Directed by
Lee Junghoon

Music
Choi Sungkwon

Cast
Park Juhyun, Park Yongwoo, Kang Hoon

Production
STUDIO X+U , the Soul Creative Ltd.

Sales
Studio X+U

Broadcast
Republic of Korea

FASTING LOVE

2025 - World Premiere - 60 minutes
Korean
French subtitles

Jisu, a virtual YouTuber with a dream of becoming a singer, hides her face and performs under an avatar. After passing the first round of an audition, she decides to lose weight quickly for the next stage and enters the strict Seonnyeo Fasting Center. On her way there, she meets a man who resembles her ideal type. However, the fasting center’s rules are tough, and she constantly clashes with the grumpy manager, Yunho. Amidst hunger, the tempting smell of grilled pork wafts from a nearby restaurant owned by the man she met, leading Jisu into a moral struggle between temptation and her dream of becoming a singer.

Created by
Eunice Lee, Joonhan Lee, ChangGeun Cho

Written by
Shin Kyung

Directed by
ChangGeun Cho

Music
HanNyun Kim

Cast
Haejung Cho, Minkyu Cho, Saeon Lee

Production
G.Geum Production

Sales
Studio santa claus entertainment

DOUBT

2024 - European Premiere - 60 minutes
Korean
French subtitles

Jang Tae-soo, Korea’s top profiler and a terrible father, realizes that his daughter is involved in a murder case he is in charge of. As a father and a police officer, he is faced with the dilemma of having to hide his daughter’s crime while also pursuing the truth of the crime.

Written by
Han Ah-Young

Directed by
Song Yeon-Hwa

Music
Park Se jun

Cast
Han Suk-kyu, Chae Won-bin, Han Yeri, Roh Jae Won, Oh Yun-soo, Yu Oseong

Production
MBC, Ascendio, Woodside

Sales
MBC

Broadcast
MBC