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Snowpiercer (2013)

Hoezo in KINO

Bong’s first foray into Hollywood filmmaking is a stylistic adaptation of the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige is the most straightforward (literally) allegory of the have-nots fighting their way through the higher classes. After a climate apocalypse humanity is now train-bound and separated in classes by carriage. Bong takes this surface level societal structure and provides a much more interesting narrative about the roles the different classes fulfill in relation to each other. A fantastic cast includes (of course) the great Song Kang-ho and Ko Ah-sung and features English language talents Ed Harris, Chris Evans, John Hurt, Jamie Bell and Tilda Swinton. English Language with Dutch subtitles.

Credits

Regie
Bong Joon-ho
Cast
Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton
Genre
Action, Science Fiction, Drama
Speelduur
127 minuten
Land
VS, Zuid-Korea
Taal
Engels
Ondertiteling
Engels, Nederlands

Storyline

In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.

We’re pretty confident in stating that Bong Joon Ho is a Rotterdam man at heart. Since his debut full-length feature, the Korean maverick director has premiered most of his films at IFFR and even when Oscar immortality was upon him in 2020, Bong somehow found the time to host a masterclass in our fair city. With two films in the making – his much anticipated sci-fi Mickey17 and an animated feature both set for 2025 releases, we are very excited to announce that we’re screening all but one of his films (Okja is not available for theatrical exhibition) this summer.

We are ecstatic that three time Oscar winner Bong Joon-ho took the time between finishing two(!) new projects to chat with us about his films and his love for cinema. We kick off here with Bong’s salute to the KINO audience, but you can catch other segments of the conversation in our cinema preceding the upcoming screenings.