FILIPINOS are in for a cinematic delight as “Cobweb,” one of South Korea’s most highly anticipated movies, has made its debut in local cinemas.
Premiering out of competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, “Cobweb” follows the story of a director in the 1970s haunted by the desire to reshoot the ending of his latest film despite unfavorable conditions. Chaos ensues when a web of complications starts to rise on the film set.
The film stars Song Kang-ho, best known for his critically acclaimed performance in “Parasite” (2019). Song, who has depicted the most iconic characters of Korean cinema, now depicts cinema itself. After inspiring countless directors, Song plays a film director himself for the first time.
The cast of “Cobweb” also boasts some of South Korea’s most recognizable talents, including Lim Soo-jung (“A Tale of Two Sisters”), Oh Jung-se (“It’s Okay Not To Be Okay”), Jeon Yeo-been (“Vincenzo”), Jang Young-nam (“It’s Okay Not To Be Okay”), Park Jung-soo (“Marriage Contract”), and Krystal Jung (from the K-pop girl group f(x) and the romcom movie “Sweet and Sour”).
Written and directed by Kim Jee-woon, whose previous works include “A Tale of Two Sisters” (2003), “A Bittersweet Life” (2005), and “The Good, The Bad, The Weird” (2008), “Cobweb” came about after Kim reflected on the struggles of artists, filmmakers, and the entire film industry, which was heavily impacted by the pandemic.
“Despite the countless horrible conditions that were triggered by the pandemic, life went on. Through the set of the film-within-a-film ‘Cobweb,’ which is only completed through a great number of struggles, I want to send a hopeful and tentatively optimistic message that cinema will go on, just as life goes on despite all of its ironies and hardships,” Kim shared.
Produced by Anthology Studios and globally distributed by Barunson E&A, the same studio behind “Parasite,” “Cobweb” is exclusively brought to the Philippines by TBA Studios, the company that previously introduced award-winning films like “Everything Everywhere All At Once” and the popular romantic drama “Past Lives” to Philippine audiences.
