Actor Choi Min-ji of 'Happiness in the Twilight' Award for Best Performance by Young-nam Director Han Young-nam

Jul 10, 2024

Actor Choi Min-ji of 'Happiness in the Twilight' Award for Best Performance by Young-nam Director Han Young-nam
senior actor Choi Min-ji.
Senior actor Choi Min-ji (76) won the Grand Prize for Best Performance at the 10th Namhangang Film Festival for the film 『Happiness of the Twilight』 (directed by Han Young-nam, produced by Seogwipo branch of the Korean Federation of Filmmakers).

'Happiness of Dusk' is a story about spending the last time with her husband (Han Young-nam), who lives a time-limited life in the nature of Jeju Island, in the background of Jeju Island, which is more beautiful than heaven, to realize the true happiness of dusk.

After Choi Min-ji passed away from her husband, in the piano melody of her granddaughter Hanbyul "Love is like air." I can't see it, but I can feel it. "I'm breathing in me." He drew attention by performing a monologue.

Choi Min-ji said, `I'm happy to receive a big award for my first movie appearance as a late rookie, not a professional actor. I did my best. It was not easy to capture emotions in front of the camera. As the story of the movie is my autobiographical story, it helped me to empathize. I am very happy. My family is always by my side, and when I see my granddaughter smiling every day, I think I'm a happy person. It's not twilight, it's youth right now. I'm so happy to live serving my neighbors than I am."

Actor Choi Min-ji of 'Happiness in the Twilight' Award for Best Performance by Young-nam Director Han Young-nam
Director Han Young-nam (left) and Choi Min-ji.
In fact, Choi Min-ji went down to Jeju Island in her early 50s due to her husband's illness, and her husband died in 2019. Since then, Choi Min-ji, who debuted as a senior model, has become famous on Jeju Island as the story became known through Jeju Broadcasting Corporation 'TalkTalk Cafe'.

Director Han Young-nam said, `Choi Min-ji is a heavenly camera-loving actor. The performance that conveys delicate emotions and thoughts is outstanding. It is doubtful how he lived as a full-time housewife by hiding his hidden talents. As much as Choi Min-ji's autobiographical story is translated into a movie, he filmed it in a way that was not conscious of the camera in order to produce it naturally. The piano performance of the gifted granddaughter played a role in raising the standard of the film."

Meanwhile, 'Happiness in the Twilight' won the Grand Prize for Best Performance at the Namhangang River Film Festival. 'Happiness of the Twilight' will be presented at the Cllermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival in France next year and the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen, Germany.





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