Henequen (film)

Henequen

Theatrical poster for Henequen (1996)
Directed by Kim Ho-sun[1]
Produced by Kwak Jeong-hwan
Roh Jin-seup
Written by Im Yu-sun
Kim Ho-sun
Starring Chang Mi-hee
Music by Michael Staudacher
Kim Jeong-hui
Cinematography Lee Seong-chun
Edited by Hyeon Dong-jun
Distributed by Hap Dong Films Co., Ltd.
Release dates
  • December 13, 1996 (1996-12-13)
Running time
 148 minutes
Country South Korea
Language Korean

Henequen (Hangul: 애니깽; RR: Enikkeng) is a 1996 South Korean film directed by Kim Ho-sun. It was awarded Best Film at the Grand Bell Awards ceremony.[2][3]

Synopsis

This historical drama, set in 1905, depicts the difficult plight of Korean henequen field laborers in Mexico. The story follows the love between the daughter of an aristocratic family fallen on hard times, and the son of a butcher.[4]

Background

The film tells the story of Korean people that were brought to Yucatán under false promises of a good life, including wealthy Korean people, but instead ended up forced to work as slaves by the Yucatán henequen industry landlords, which were proud Spanish descendants of the Yucatecan upper class. At that time, it was the main industry of the Yucatán state and henequen was referred as the "green gold", as it made many Yucatecan families very wealthy.

This part of the history where Korean people were used as slaves under brutal conditions(and even killed), didn't appear in Yucatecan history books up to recently. When the movie was filmed outside of Mérida, Yucatán, it became a real eye opener of the Yucatecan society about the horrible abuse inflicted to Korean people decades ago, which they were not aware of.

The henequen plant which produces the sisal fibre, is traditionally used for rope and twine, and it is a fibrous plants from the Yucatán State, in the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico.

Cast

Bibliography

English

Korean

Notes

  1. ↑ Infobox data from "Anniquin (Aenikkaeng)(1996)". Korean Movie Database (KMDb). Retrieved 2009-07-18. and 애니깽 (in Korean). www.cine21.com. Retrieved 2009-07-18. External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. ↑ "Grand Bell Awards, South Korea". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
  3. ↑ 애니깽 (1996) (in Korean). Korean Movie Database (KMDb). Retrieved 2009-06-25.
  4. 1 2 "Anniquin (Aenikkaeng)(1996)". Korean Movie Database (KMDb). Retrieved 2009-07-18.
Preceded by
The Eternal Empire		 Grand Bell Awards for Best Film
1996 		Succeeded by
The Contact


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