The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, has its finalised entry from South Korea for the ‘feature film’ category. Concrete Utopia is a South Korean disaster thriller movie, released on August 9, 2023. It has made its mark, not only in the Korean box office but has also achieved the critical acclamation it deserves. The movie has collected USD 16.8 million, a blockbuster per Korean standards.
For the unversed, Concrete Utopia is a 2023 South Korean disaster-thriller movie, which stars Park Seo Joon, Park Bo-Young, Lee Byung-hun and Park Ji-Hoon in lead roles. The movie is also set to participate in the 48th Toronto Film Festival and is the highest-grossing movie of 2023 in South Korea. The 96th Academy Awards will be held on March 10, 2024, and its final nomination will be announced on January 23, 2024.
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The Korean Film Council, on August 17, 2023, announced that Concrete Utopia had been finalised as the South Korean film that will be submitted for the 96th Academy Awards in the feature film category. As per Academy Awards rules, only one film per country is submitted in each category, and this year, Concrete Utopia has made it to the cut, defeating the film, Cobweb. The council stated that Concrete Utopia had a global impact while keeping its Korean authenticity intact, which is why it got finalised. The council further added:
“We wanted to select a film that feels Korean but is also geared towards the global standard, that strikes a good balance between artistic and mainstream, and that can appeal to the Academy Awards, which is often perceived as conservative.”
The Korean Film Council also explained why Concrete Utopia was their final choice for the Oscars. They revealed that the movie depicts the struggles of not a hero but of ordinary people, which is very relatable. On top of that, the movie deals with topics such as natural disasters and how people strive to survive, all of the reasons combined made Concrete Utopia the best fit for Oscar's submission. The council also added:
“At a time when global recession and natural disasters are hitting every corner of the globe, ‘Concrete Utopia’ features not heroes, but ordinary people trying to survive. It touches on the themes of class found in the award-winning film ‘Parasite.'”
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Concrete Utopia is a disaster thriller movie showcasing common people's struggles. In the movie, a massive earthquake hits South Korea, and the film follows the aftermath of the disaster. In the movie, only an old house of the low-income strata survives the massive earthquake, and all the survivors gather there for shelter. The movie also deals with themes of necessities and how a strong foundation is more important than glitzy and glamorous pieces.
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