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Friend (Hangul: 친구; RR: Chin-gu) is a 2001 South Korean film written and directed by Kwak Kyung-taek. Upon its release, it became the highest-grossing South Korean movie of all time. Its record was surpassed in 2003 by Silmido.
This film is the director's experience about his friends, a semi-autobiography set in his hometown, Busan, and the actors speak with a strongly accented Busan dialect. The film changed the public images of Jang Dong-gun and Yu Oh-seong; previously, Jang had been famous for romantic comedies and Yu had appeared in movies with mostly cult interest.
The film follows the lives of four childhood friends: Joon-seok, the leader of the group and whose father is a powerful mob boss; Dong-su, whose father is an undertaker; class clown Jung-ho; and Sang-taek, who was an exemplary student. As children they play together, sell sexually explicit pictures cut from a magazine, and wonder if a South Korean Olympic swimmer could outrace a sea turtle. Jung-ho also showed the rest of them a VCR that his mother had, and this film he found on it. It turns out to be a pornographic movie, and the boys are entranced while arguing over what a "menstruation" was, with them believing that it was the word that adults used to describe the "vagina".
Actors: Roman Indyk (actor), Pavel Artemev (actor), Anita Berkhane (editor), Anita Berkhane (writer), Anastasiya Klyueva (actress), Jonathan Cliffe (writer), Jonathan Cliffe (director), Victor Abramov (actor), James Oclahoma (composer), George Kitia (actor),
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Short, Thriller,Actors: Aria London (actress), Mark E. Ridley (director), Mark E. Ridley (writer), Mark E. Ridley (producer), Mark E. Ridley (actor), Tammi Mac (actress), Alexandra Bard (actress), Gina Jackson (actress), Taylor Clift (actor), Kimberly Douglas (actress), Michael Kangaju (actor), Shannon Chappell (actress), Jerrel O'Neal (actor), Josh Pafchek (actor), Eric A. Whipple (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Bunny Gibson (actress), Enrique Bunbury (actor), Enrique Bunbury (composer), Enrique Bunbury (writer), Tamara Arias (producer), Seth Adams (actor), Alexis Morante (writer), Alexis Morante (director), Alexis Morante (editor), Pablo Gómez-Castro (miscellaneous crew), Israel Sáez de Miguel (actor), Sergio Abuja (producer), Nuria Aparicio (producer), Isabella Grosso (miscellaneous crew), Rashawn E. Vaughn (actor),
Genres: Musical, Short,Actors: Christopher A. Jackson (writer), Christopher A. Jackson (producer), Christopher A. Jackson (producer), Chapter Jackson (writer), Chapter Jackson (director), Chapter Jackson (actress), Adeasy (actor), Adeasy (composer), Eric Guerrero (editor), Nikkie Cabilez (actress), Kristina Ponomarenko (actress), Flyguy Ace (actor),
Plot: It's that time of the month again for Erika Dyer and she is psycho on her cycle. Her husband Lonnie has had just about enough of her insane behavior. It seems every month Lonnie' life is turned upside down, disrespected and his happiness teeters on his wife's pre menstrual syndrome. In need of support Erika decides to throw a period party with her girlfriends Karen and Letty and together they have an angry feast. She is cramping, in heat and eating up everything she sees.
Genres: Music, Short,Actors: Paul A. Hicks (writer), Paul A. Hicks (actor), Paul A. Hicks (director), Paul A. Hicks (producer), Charlie E. Schmidt (actor), Sam Buchanan (actress), Tarek Abed (actor), Nick Rapattoni (composer), Doug Bacik (producer), Michelle Lee (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Rommel Andaya (editor), Rommel Andaya (director), Rommel Andaya (writer), Rommel Andaya (producer), Joya Camaisa (miscellaneous crew), Lillian Prijoles (miscellaneous crew), Krystle Cruz (actress), Krystle Cruz (producer), Patrick Lam (actor), Patrick Lam (actor), Phillip Geniza (actor), Phillip Geniza (actor), Melissa Adao (actress), Phillip Geniza (miscellaneous crew), Melissa Adao (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Musical, Short,Actors: Saleh Nass (editor), Mohammed Haddad (composer), Hussain Al Riffaei (producer), Hussain Al Riffaei (director), Ameen Salih (writer), Wafa Maki (actress), Mahmood Al-Safar (actor), Ahmed Fardan (actor), Hussain A.ali (actor), Yaser Al-Qarmazi (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Angelica Pressello (miscellaneous crew), Doreen Mantle (actress), Daniel Mulloy (writer), Daniel Mulloy (director), George Irving (actor), Dan Robinson (editor), Phil Vasili (producer), Derrion Adams (actor), Amber Templemore-Finlayson (producer), Robert Burke (composer), Howard Stogdon (producer), Daniel Robinson (editor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Danielle Fillios (editor), Gianella Neyra (actress), Melania Urbina (actress), Christian Meier (actor), Ramón García (actor), Santiago Magill (actor), Vanessa Robbiano (actress), Giovanna Pollarolo (writer), Varun Kumar Kapur (producer), Ricardo Velásquez (actor), Carlos Victoria (actor), Felipe Degregori (director), Gabriela Velásquez (actress), Enrique Urrutia (actor), Mario León (actor),
Plot: M dreams of a better life in a city full of contrasting elements. He believes that the only solution to his problems is earning a decent living; yet he can't find a job. Totally desperate, he is persuaded by his neighbour to take some cocaine to Miami. However, the deal goes sour. M's fate brings him to an unpredictable end in the city streets.
Keywords: based-on-book, cocaine, drugs, erection, male-frontal-nudity, rape, transvestite, unemploymentActors: Júlio Bressane (director), Eduardo Escorel (editor), Ênio Gonçalves (actor), Maria Lúcia Dahl (actress), Júlio Bressane (producer), Júlio Bressane (writer), Helena Ignez (actress), Paulo Gracindo (actor), Ítalo Rossi (actor), Rosita Thomaz Lopes (actress), Labanca (actor), Paulo Padilha (actor), Vanda Lacerda (actress), Hélio Ary (actor), Antero de Oliveira (actor),
Genres: Drama,as i walked inside i donned a smile that wasn't mine, i need to leave it behind. my eyes were stained red, cuz i was crying again, now i just need a friend. [chorus] i had it all, but i still wanted more, and now i'm stuck with almost nothing at all, i don't know why you put up with all the stupid shit that, i tired to pull of on you, you're still by my side. and i can see your crying face, but i just can't erase it sets it all back into place. i read the note you wrote 1000 times again, now i just need a friend...... [chorus] you're still by my side.