Post by Fritz on May 21, 2016 16:46:47 GMT
Feel-good family film Canola (aka: Grandma Gye Choon) (계춘할망) premiered on May 19 and surprisingly came out of the gate in second place at the box office, amidst current box office hits The Wailing and Captain America 3: Civil War. Yoon Yeo Jung (Dear My Friends) stars as the adorably spirited Granny Gye Choon and Kim Go Eun (Cheese in the Trap) plays her troubled teenage granddaughter Hye Ji.
Twelve years ago, Jeju diver Grandma Gye Choon lost her granddaughter, and has been searching for her ever since then. By chance, homeless orphan Hye Ji chances upon an ad that Grandma Gye Choon put out for her granddaughter. The two are reunited and the movie is the heartwarming story of how they get to know each other, and adjust to living together all over again.
Grandma Gye Choon still sees Hye Ji as her little baby, and Hye Ji feels restricted by the sudden protection. But their cautious steps toward each other blooms into a beautiful relationship. The obstacles in their path to growth let viewers ponder the real meaning of family and the value of knowing that you have someone who will always be on your side.
Also in the movie are Shinee's Minho (Medical Top Team) who appears as a classmate and possible love interest to Hye Ji, and Ryu Joon Yul (Answer Me 1988) plays a boy from her past.
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