Cheerful Caretaker screens in Busan
by javabeans
We know that aside from acting, Boys Before Flowers star Gu Hye-sun can sing, likes to draw, has published a novel, and has directed her own short film. That film, titled The Cheerful Caretaker [유쾌한 도우미], will be getting a film festival screening.
The short film has now been accepted into the fiction category of the Busan Asian Short Film Festival (BASFF), which runs from May 13 through 17. Competing in the festival are a total of 90 entries from 20 countries.
Gu Hye-sun filmed this short, her directorial debut, last year, as well as writing its script and the theme song. The short spans 14 minutes and stars actors Kim Myung-soo and Ha Ji-won’s younger brother, Jeon Tae-soo; its title “Cheerful Caretaker” alludes to the euthanasia-themed story. The short had been accepted into last year’s Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) in the “Wide Angle” category, but was eliminated in a preliminary round.
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1 Kdramalovers
April 2, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Hope this make it past the final round this time around!
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2 jdb
April 2, 2009 at 10:07 PM
yea go out and explore your horizon......
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3 lidge_fan
April 2, 2009 at 10:14 PM
good luck and all the best to GHS!!!
really loved her as JD and converted me into a fan.....she and LMH made the past 3 months really, really fun despite the craziness of BOF....
sad that BOF could've been truly, truly great.....too bad it was in the hands of the wrong people *cough* horrible PD/writer combo *cough*....lol
thanx jb for the article :)
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4 ivanovie
April 2, 2009 at 10:32 PM
I like this talented young girl! she's not also the type of a girl who you know only cares about looks, looks and looks..She has something!
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5 tiffany
April 2, 2009 at 11:14 PM
i hope she gets included in the screening eventually because she deserves it and not just because her current popularity will bring more attention to the event.
still hate her in BOF but whatever.
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6 Orchid
April 2, 2009 at 11:26 PM
She's one talented woman!
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7 dunlop
April 2, 2009 at 11:39 PM
I really wanna see this!
Does anyone know where I can see it??
Best of luck to GHS!
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8 robbo4
April 3, 2009 at 9:40 AM
My hero! GHS doesn't have to work nearly this hard, yet she never seems to stop moving. By choosing to create a project which could impact it's viewers to take a good hard look both within and outside of themselves also shows that our Hye Sun is very much like the characters which she often portrays in her dramas. She never fails to warm my heart. In trying to live by the examples that she sets, I'll even wish those who line up like rabid dogs to continuously and unreasonably attack her to have a nice day!
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9 Imee
April 3, 2009 at 10:04 AM
More power to our JAN DI /GHS. She is trully A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE.I love her since HEART OF 19 as Guk Hwa and loved her even more as Geum Jan Di. She is so cute and charming and has a beautiful flawless porcelain like complexion and a MILLION DOLLAR pair of LEGS. She can easily go for a nose job like other Korean actresses but she chosed not . We love her natural beauty and love her just the way she is right now. She is a complete lady and a very talented actress. Want to see and buy that short film if available Hope to see her soon in another KDRAMA, GOOD LUCK to YOU at BUSAN. AJA!!!! FIGHTING GHS!!!!!
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10 David
April 3, 2009 at 2:02 PM
Ku Hye Sun's talent never ceases to amaze me. I can't wait to get an English translation of her book and to hopefully see her short film.
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11 seriously!
April 3, 2009 at 2:46 PM
GOOD LUCK to her~ hopefully she'll be successful in all the things she is passionate about.
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12 llama
April 3, 2009 at 9:08 PM
she looks WEIRD. no offense.
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13 kimchikay
April 3, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Hye Sun is something, she's probably my fav "real-life" actress....so humble and so talented. I am hoping she gets really far in life....BOF was great, but it wasn't Hye Sun's show, i really want to see her get a role thats her age and shows her true acting skills. BOF did no justice to the girl, c'mon, they gave her the most crappiest dialogues (next too Woo Bin)......good luck to all her endaveours...she's definately going to keep surprising us and she's really someone I think young girls should look up too......
Goo Hye Sun fighting!!!!!~
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14 christine
April 4, 2009 at 8:19 AM
like i said in my earlier post regarding gu hye sun...she always reminds me of yoon eun hye... i don't know why but i see some similarities between the both of them...
both are artistic and exude a feeling that you want to be friends with them... they both seem like a super nice person...
hope they'll have drama/ movie together. they can be like sisters or best friends or whatever... i think it would be nice... love them both!^__^
best of luck to the both on their future endeavors.
and as the koreans say it (sorry non-korean here! proudly pinay!) aja aja fighting(hwaiting?!)!!!
anyway, just wanna share this...
bof or bbf will be shown here in the philippines sometime this april or may. hope the cast will visit here just like the f4 and barbie shu(?) of the taiwanese version of hana yori dango... can't wait till it'll be shown here in its tagalized (dubbed tagalog version) though i already finished watching it.;p hehehe
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15 robbo4
April 4, 2009 at 9:01 AM
You're not alone, Christine. The similarities between both talents and the aura that they both exude has striking parallels. Unfortunately, both have also suffered greatly from the same kind of blind jealousy of certain "antis" who have nothing better to do than to try to seek power over others by flinging invectives and innuendo in the direction of people like these two ladies who live for nothing else than to reach the limits of their own individual talents and make the days brighter for ordinary folks like us. The saving grace is in the fact that both are made of sterner stuff and that they each have a natural way of charming most of their detracters into joining the much larger camp that gets it.
The world is a much brighter place on this side...
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16 elisa
April 4, 2009 at 9:47 AM
haha
it's funny that a film that already got rejected once got accepted this year
hmm maybe it has something to do with her immense popularity in BOF, although she made the entire show unbearable to watch
i bet they accepted her so they can have more people interested in the festival that wouldn't otherwise be
she's not that great of an actress and i haven't seen her other works so I can' say she's a good writer or a director. but so many shotgun projects makes me think she's not that great at anything
and she's not very pretty
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17 girls really are each other's worst enemies
April 4, 2009 at 2:18 PM
to: #16 'elisa'
wow, anti-much? you sound like another jealous lmh or khj fangirl. if you don't like hye sun as an actress, based on watching only one of her dramas, well that's your prerogative and your entitled to your opinion. but, honestly, what the heck does her not being "very pretty" have to do her with her directing abilities? and her film short just missed the final cut of the festival last year, so it's quite possible that she re-edited it and the newly edited version played out more favorably with the judges. if it wasn't that good, her film short wouldn't have made it that far initially without her riding the "BOF wave"...which, btw, no one seems to mind that lee min ho or kim bum, who have no singing experience, are clearly doing via the digital single release (min ho) and the F4 special album part 2 release (min ho and kim bum).
hye sun is such a multi-talented, hardworking, down-to-earth and humble girl that it's sad when a person with obvious self-esteem/jealously/insecurity issues has to take cheap-shots at hye sun to make herself feel better about her own obvious inadequacies and crappy, envy-laden personality.
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18 minhoislove
April 4, 2009 at 5:13 PM
well, i'm surprised how people can hate and say shit without thinking even once about hardworking and deserving actors like gu hyesun ....i've read soo much hate abt her acting nd stuff that i just feel like punching those haters ....i wasn't even her fan but surpisingly BOF was the drama that made me love her. how the hell can u call that bad acting ??? ...call me stupid but being a non-fan i wasnt at all annoyed by her acting ...instead it just made me smile and laugh ...i've laughed and cried like crazy along with geum jandi throughout the series....she's worked sooo damn hard without sleeping or eating properly ...and accidents to top that ...still she wishes we enjoy her acting ...but well people cant do that ....i guess i'll never understand !!!
i'll always support you gu hyesun .....and dont mind the haters ..we'll fight them for you lol....
p.s : i know its your opinion but how the hell is she not pretty???....get your eyes or brain checked!!!
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19 popcorn
April 5, 2009 at 12:23 AM
The girl works hard to get to where she is. Geez, give it a rest.
Sure she can't really show great acting skill but she is still young, there is room for improvement. Sure she is receiving attention due to BOF popularity but hey she has to have talent to be in there in the first place. Now she just has more luck.
I root for talented people. As for those who seem so sadly cynical, try find something good to do?
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20 Imee
April 5, 2009 at 6:26 AM
Well said #17 and #18. Hate those kind of people like #16.Look into the mirror #16 and see if you can match even a little of Hye Sun;s beauty and talent. There is a saying IF YOU CAN't SAY ANYTHING GOOD ABOUT SOMEBODY.JUST SHUT UP.JUDGE NOT AND YOU SHALL NOT BE JUDGE. So many envious and jealous girls . And you said she is not pretty? A girl's complexion and legs is the no.1 contributor to a girl's appearance ang GHS is #1 in both. I admire her flawless complexion and million dollar legs aside from her enormous talent overall. Fighting HYE SUN!!!!
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21 Marres77
April 6, 2009 at 12:17 AM
Gees, this chick is busy! Don't i feel like the lazy sack of potatoes now.... hehehe
All props to her...wouldn't mind seeing it. Wish her luck!
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22 Flip_25
May 13, 2009 at 2:50 AM
Goodluck GHS! Hopefully your short film will be included in the final...I really love her! such a great actress and a taled person yet so simple
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23 prettygirl
November 13, 2009 at 10:12 AM
I just want to say this to GHS haters. The more you guys put down and criticize GHS, the more she's going to rise and be rewarded in her accomplishment because she has a good heart and very talented actress. No question ask!! I can't believe that some people will say those things to her. Do you know her personally to judge her like that!
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