UNSRC Korean Cultural Society

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UNSRC Korean Cultural Society presents a screening of

“Hwang Jin Yi”

Dag Hammarskjold Library (DHL) Auditorium, United Nations
Friday, 20 February 2009 at 6:00 p.m.

Based on the novel by writer Hong Suk Joong, Hwang Jin Yi tells the story of a 16th-century gisaeng - a female entertainer- with the mindset of a modern 21st-century woman. Raised as an aristocrat in an era when class status dictated one’s destiny, Jin Yi (Song Hye Kyo) discovers a shocking secret about her birth: she was born in the lower class. After much thought, she gives up her aristocratic status and becomes a gisaeng. She spends her first night with a man named Nom Yi (Yoo Ji Tae, Old Boy), and gradually falls for him. Though she is constantly surrounded by an entourage of aristocratic men showering her with gifts and admiration, Jin Yi lives a solitary life of tragic isolation. She finds herself traveling a bumpy road, faced with a dilemma that will alter her destiny forever.

United Nations staff members, delegations of Member States, representatives of non-governmental organizations, journalists and interns are invited to attend. Seating is on a first-come first-served basis.

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