20th Anniversary New York Asian Film Festival

Jul 15-31, 2022

Photo: ©Daydream Entertainment & CJ ENM

International Premiere

Stellar: a Magical Ride

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Young Bae is an average high-end automobile broker, working on the deal of a lifetime: an imported supercar. All hell breaks loose when his best friend inexplicably steals the lucrative vehicle, setting a gang of ruthless loan sharks in hot pursuit. Young Bae’s only option is to go on the run in his recently departed father’s prize possession, a comically decrepit jalopy named Stellar. The journey forces him to reconcile with the past and overcome misgivings about fatherhood. With spot-on 80’s nostalgia and Heo Sung-tae from “Squid Game'' chewing scenery as the baddies’ leader, this extreme comedy of errors (penned by Extreme Job screenwriter Bae Se-young) more than earns its tears and laughter—and all at Mach Speed.

Director: Kwon Soo-kyung
Cast: Lee Kyu-hyung, Son Ho-jun, Heo Sung-tae
Languages: Korean with English subtitles
2022; 98 min.; DCP

SCHEDULE:

Sunday July 17, 8:30pm
Film at Lincoln Center

Director Kwon Soo-kyung will attend the screening. Fight Cancer Night fundraising event

Kwon Soo-kyung
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Already a successful director of commercials, Kwon Soo-kyung earned an MFA at the Beijing Film Academy before making his feature debut with family comedy Barefoot Ki-bong (2006), a box-office hit. He returned to the screen a decade later with another family comedy, My Annoying Brother (2016). Stellar: A Magical Ride is his third feature. He is also a professor of film art at Dong-ah Institute of Media and Arts.