Late Autumn (2010 film)


Late Autumn is a 2010 English-language film directed by Kim Tae-yong. It stars Tang Wei as Anna, a prisoner who is given a 72 hours parole to visit family in Seattle, and who meets and befriends a South Korean man on-the-run.
A co-production between South Korea, Hong Kong, China and the United States, it is the fourth remake of the now-lost 1966 Lee Man-hee melodrama classic of the same title.

Plot

, US, the present day. Anna, an immigrant from China, has been in prison for seven years for the manslaughter of her husband, who was jealous over her re-meeting her former boyfriend Wang Jing. Hearing that her mother has died and her brother John has arranged her bail, Anna is given 72 hours parole to visit her family in Seattle. On the coach she meets a young Korean man, Hoon, who borrows towards a ticket, and he gives her his watch as security, promising to pay her back later. Unknown to Anna, Hoon is a gigolo on the run from powerful businessman Steve, who wants to kill him for having an affair with his Korean wife, Ok-ja. Hoon meets Anna again in Seattle, and the pair spend time together. The next day he turns up at her mother's funeral, and gets into a fight with Wang at a restaurant afterwards. Anna tells him she has to return to prison on time, but Hoon doesn't give up so easily.

Cast

The film premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. It also screened at the 15th Busan International Film Festival, the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, and the Fribourg International Film Festival. The film was released in Korean theaters on February 17, 2011 and took in the box office.
It became the highest grossing Korean film released in China to date, quickly gathering over 910,000 admissions after its March release, with a total box office take of more than 60 million yuan.

Awards

;2011 Fribourg International Film Festival
;2011 Baeksang Arts Awards
;2011 Grand Bell Awards
;2011 Korean Association of Film Critics Awards
;2011 Busan Film Critics Awards
;2012 KOFRA Film Awards