Bestseller (film)

Bestseller (Korean: 베스트셀러; RR: Beseuteuselleo) is a 2010 South Korean mystery thriller film written and directed by Lee Jeong-ho.

Plot

Baek Hee-soo has been a bestselling author for the past 20 years. But her reputation gets destroyed overnight when she is accused of plagiarizing a competition entry she'd previously judged. Battling depression and writer's block in the two years since, Hee-soo accepts the suggestion of her longtime publisher friend to stay at a remote country home in a small, rural town with her daughter Yeon-hee, where she'll be able to write in peace. Then Yeon-hee tells her mother that a mysterious, invisible woman in the house has been telling her stories, and Hee-soo turns those fascinating stories into a new book. It becomes an instant bestseller, but Hee-soo's regained fame doesn't last long as she becomes embroiled in another plagiarism scandal, with rumors swirling that the contents of her book are from a novel that had been published 10 years ago. To prove her innocence, Hee-soo sets out to uncover the truth and find who her daughter was talking to.

Cast

• Uhm Jung-hwa as Baek Hee-soo
• Ryu Seung-ryong as Park Young-joon
• Lee Do-kyeong as Manager/Chan-sik's father
• Cho Jin-woong as Chan-sik
• Lee Sung-min as Editor
• Kim Hwa-young as Director Song
• Park Sa-rang as Yeon-hee
• Choi Mu-seong as Middle-aged man 1
• Jo Hee-bong as Middle-aged man 2
• Oh Jung-se as Middle-aged man 3
• Yeo Moo-young as Doctor
• Kim Hong-pa as Resident 1
• Go In-beom as Resident 2
• Kim Choon-gi as Resident 3
• Seo Yi-sook as Author's daughter
• Lee Da-eun as Choi Soo-jin
• Lee Yeon as young Chan-sik
• Ha Dae-ro as young Man 1
• Kim Dae-young as young Man 3
• Lee Yong-nyeo as Talk show host
• Choi Kang-hee as Whispers (voice cameo)

Awards

• 2010 The 14th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
  • European Fantastic Film Festival Alliance
• Asian Film Awards- Lee Jung - ho
• 2010 The 18th Chunsa Film Art Awards
  • Best Actress - Uhm Jung-hwa
  • Best New Actor - Cho Jin-woong
  • Best Art Direction - Yang Hok-sam, Jang Seok-jin

References

External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• Bestseller at the Korean Movie Database
• Bestseller at IMDb
• Bestseller at HanCinema