Sun-haw is a Chinese-Korean woman who works illegally in a hostel in the Chinese neighborhood of Paris. She's waiting for her sister, who has been granted a tourist visa for France. Sun-haw has everything planned: by leaving with her sister's passport, she will at last be able to change places and join her sick son who stayed behind in China. But on the day of her departure, nothing goes as planned.

starring
Sang-hee Lee, Young-hee Han, Kang-jong Lee, Tariq Bettahar

a film by Won-hee JUNG

France / Korea, 2016, Short drama, 26 mins, color, Psychological drama / Crime/thriller, in Korean-French with English Subtitles

Original Title (French & Korean): Belle Ville (벨빌)
Type: Short film, Fiction
Genres: Psychological drama, Crime/thriller
Production language : Korean, French
Production country : France (Nationality : 100% French)
Production year : 2016
Runtime : 26 min 8 seconds
Visa number : 144.485
Visa issue date : 17/10/2016
Production formats : HD 4K
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
Audio format : Stereo
Rating restrictions : None
Themes : Immigration, Society, Minorities

PRESS
"Belle Ville" is an excellent short, that manages to communicate its sociopolitical comments through a rather entertaining approach.
Panos Kotzathanasis - Asian Movie Pulse, 2022 | https://asianmoviepulse.com/2022/02/short-film-review-belle-ville-2016-by-jung-won-hee/

CAST
Sang-hee Lee (Sun-haw)
Young-hee Han (The Boss / La patronne)
Kang-jong Lee (M. Park)
Tariq Bettahar (The merchant / Le commerçant)

Executive Producer:
Jordane Oudin

Co-producer:
Yoon-seok Nam

Director:
Won-hee Jung

Author of the Original Idea:
Won-hee Jung

Screenwriters:
Won-hee Jung
Sofia Alaoui

Sound Recordist:
Cédric Berger

Director of Photography :
Soon-yong Kim

Music Composer:
Dong-wook Kim

Editor:
Yeon-jung Lee

Sound Editor :
Ki-sung An

Sound Mixer :
Min-seob Lee

Make-up Artist:
Gwenaëlle Bédouet

Production Designer :
Luc Lafont

Costume designer :
Leslie Pauger

Production manager :
Bérangère Petitjean

First Assistant director :
Alexandra Kan

Second Assistant director:
Sophie Deutsch

Continuity supervisor:
Saet-byeol Kim

First Assistant Operator (First assistant camera):
Prune Saunier-Dardant

Second Assistant Operator (Second assistant camera)
Kevin Rosé

Additional camera operator
Jordi Honoré

PRODUCTION
Hippocampe Productions (France)
Keystone Films (Boulogne-Billancourt, France / Seoul, Korea / Bucharest, Romania)

with the support of
KOFIC (Korean Film Council)
Shin Young Kyun Arts & Culture Foundation (South Korea)
CGET
Procirep & Angoa.

WEB
https://en.unifrance.org/movie/42863/belle-ville
https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb455254253
www.facebook.com/hippocampe.productions/posts/1443148832380093/

WHERE TO WATCH THIS FILM:
* www.amazon.com/Belle-Ville-벨빌-Lee-Sang-hee/dp/B06ZY21QKZ
* https://www.viddsee.com/video/belle-ville/9tg49
* https://en.unifrance.org/movie/42863/belle-ville/filmLogin
* https://www.capuseen.com/films/7692-belle-ville-eng


FESTIVALS / AWARDS
* Winner: Golden Artemis (Best Foreign Short Film Award) /// International Izmir Film Festival 2018 (30 oct. 2018 - 4 nov. 2018, Izmir, Turkey)
* Best Foreign Short Film Award /// IndieCork (Ireland, 2016)
* Selection /// Ciné Midi #2 - Séance spéciale Paris-Asie | Musée de l'histoire de l'immigration | Jeudi 3 novembre 2016 à 12h30, Auditorium Philippe Dewitte - Entrée libre (Paris, France, 2016) | www.histoire-immigration.fr/agenda/2016-10/seance-speciale-paris-asie
* Audience Award (Compétition parisienne "Ça tourne en Île-de-France") /// Festival de Paris Courts Devant 2016 (Paris, France, 2016)