Green Night
Trapped in a cycle of oppression, Chinese immigrant Jin Xia (Fan Bingbing) works in customs at South Korea's Incheon Airport, where she encounters a mysterious green-haired girl (Lee Joo-young) acting suspiciously at the security checkpoint. Overcome by the unspoken attraction between them, she takes the enigmatic stranger home only to uncover her involvement in a deadly drug trafficking ring. After the two end up killing Xia's abusive husband, the pair go on the run, but when Xia returns to the crime scene to retrieve the drugs the green-haired girl left behind, their plans for finding freedom together take a dangerous turn.
“Thelma & Louise meets Blue is the Warmest Color” in Han Shuai's female-led, neo-noir thriller, which features international megastar Fan Bingbing in a daring performance that “ranks as one of the most rugged in her career” (South China Morning Post).
Cast
- Fan Bingbing
- Lee Joo Young
- Kim Yeong-ho
- "Shot in a tense but highly controlled style, “Green Night” has an unusual frankness about violence, freedom and personal choices that rises above the normal thriller cliché. It's an outstanding experience."
- "Fan's performance certainly ranks as one of the most rugged in her career...."
- "Green Night is a thrilling masterpiece. Fan Bingbing and Lee Joo-young are perfect and play off each other naturally. As the tensions ramp up, audiences will be on the edge of their seat...."
- "There’s visual nourishment aplenty...in a film jointly shot by Beijing-based Belgian cinematographer Matthias Delvaux and Kim Hyun-seok, whose DoP credits include Lee Chang-dong’s Poetry. "
- "Green Night is a beautifully lit neo(n)-noir, tracking two women’s wild dash from the forces of patriarchy to find their inner ‘shameless bitch’. It is a fascinating character study... and wears its feminism proudly on its sleeve. Just great."
- "An ideal entry point into Chinese cinema that’s modern and empathetic…an engaging, engrossing noir...."
- "Both Fan Bingbing and Lee Joo-young are great in their roles...."
Awards & Recognition
Panorama Audience Award
Berlin Int'l. Film Festival
Teddy Award
Berlin Int'l. Film Festival
Busan Int'l. Film Festival