'Hope' Director Na Hong-jin on Making an Alien Film: "The Story Went All the Way to Space" [Cannes ★ On-site]

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Director Na Hong-jin's new film 'Hope', released after a 10-year hiatus, made its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, drawing attention as an alien film unlike any seen before. Na Hong-jin stated, "As the story naturally extended to space, aliens appeared."

On the afternoon of the 18th, an official press conference for the film 'Hope', a competition entry at the 79th Cannes Film Festival, was held at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, southern France. The event was attended by director Na Hong-jin, along with actors Hwang Jung-min, Jo In-sung, Jung Ho-yeon, Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, and Taylor Russell.

'Hope' begins with the story of 'Beom-seok', the manager of the Pohang outpost located in the Demilitarized Zone, who learns from local youths that a tiger has appeared, plunging the entire village into alarm as he encounters an unbelievable reality. This is the first film by director Na Hong-jin since 'The Wailing' released 10 years ago. 'Hope' premiered worldwide at the Grand Lumière Theater on the 17th, followed by approximately seven minutes of standing ovations after the screening.

Explaining the reason for creating such a large-scale science fiction film, Na Hong-jin said, "At first, I wondered how I could try a crime drama and how to make it different from my previous work, but the story eventually went to space. I pondered why people commit crimes, why violence occurs, and why social problems arise. In 'The Wailing', we went toward the supernatural and religious, but this time we went all the way to space. As the story reached space, aliens naturally appeared, and that became the beginning of this film."

Meanwhile, the Cannes Film Festival will announce the winners among this year's competition entries at the closing ceremony on the 23rd. Attention is focused on whether director Na Hong-jin's new science fiction film 'Hope' will be honored with an award at the closing ceremony of this year's Cannes Film Festival.

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