In Her Place

In Her Place
Directed by Albert Shin
Produced by Albert Shin
Igor Drljaca
Written by Albert Shin
Pearl Ball-Harding
Starring Gil Hae-yeon
Ahn Ji-hye
Yoon Da-gyeong
Production
company
TimeLapse Pictures
Distributed by A71 Productions
Release dates
  • September 4, 2014 (2014-09-04) (TIFF)
Running time
 115 minutes
Country Canada
Language Korean

In Her Place (Korean: 인 허 플레이스) is a joint Canadian and South Korean film. Directed by Albert Shin, the film premiered on September 4, 2014 in the Toronto International Film Festival's Discovery program.[1]

Inspired by Korean culture's strong stigma against adoption,[1] the film stars Gil Hae-yeon and Ahn Ji-hye as a mother and daughter living on a farm in Korea. When the teenage daughter becomes pregnant, a woman (Yoon Da-gyeong) arrives from Seoul to propose a secret adoption, conditional on her staying with them for the duration of the pregnancy so that she can hide the adoption when she returns to Seoul after the baby's birth. The film was shot entirely in Korea.[2]

Shin won the Scotiabank Jay Scott Prize at the Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2014 for the film.[3] The film was included in the list of "Canada's Top Ten" feature films of 2014, selected by a panel of filmmakers and industry professionals organized by TIFF.[4][5] The film also garnered several Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress (Ahn Ji-hye and Yoon Da-gyeong) and Best Supporting Actress (Gil Hae-yeon).

References

  1. 1 2 "In Her Place: Secrets and lies". Toronto Star, September 6, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Albert Shin’s ‘reckless abandon’ pays off". The Origami, November 11, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Villeneuve’s Enemy wins $100,000 Toronto critics’ prize for best Canadian film of 2014". The Globe and Mail, January 6, 2015.
  4. ↑ "TIFF Tips Its Toque to the Best in Canadian Filmmaking: Cronenberg, Dolan, and Gunnarson Among Directors Recognized" (PDF) (Press release). TIFF. December 1, 2014.
  5. ↑ Linda Barnard (December 1, 2014). "TIFF’s Top Ten Film Festival: Spotlight on Canadian film". Toronto Star. Retrieved December 21, 2014.

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