The World of Us () is a 2016 South Korean drama film written and directed by Yoon Ga-eun in her feature-length directorial debut. The film was released in South Korea on June 16, 2016.
Premise Sun (Choi Soo-in), an elementary school girl and social outcast, befriends transfer student Jia (Seol Hye-in) during summer vacation. When the fall semester begins, their new friendship is put to the test as both are subject to bullying and internal problems. Can they overcome their boundaries?
Cast Choi Soo-in as Sun Seol Hye-in as Ji-ah Lee Seo-yeon as Bo-ra Kang Min-joon as Yoon Kim Hee-joon as Eun-joo Kim Chae-yeon as Tae-yeon Jang Hye-jin as Mom Son Suk-bae as Dad
Release On June 16, 2016, it was released on 136 screens in Korea through Ato Film. In Japan, it was opened in 30 halls, starting with S&B Garden Cinema on September 23, 2017.
Home media The World of Us was released on DVD on February 16, 2017. Afterwards, on December 20, 2018, a Blu-ray disc composed of two discs was released through an android. DVDs and Blu-ray Discs include commentaries and supplementary videos.
Reception
Box office As of April 19, 2021, it recorded 51,008 audiences and 378,320,114 won in sales.
Accolades Award ceremonyCategoryRecipientsResult34th Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film FestivalGolden Goat for Best Feature Film for ChildrenThe World of Us 10th Asia Pacific Screen AwardsBest Youth Feature Film 37th Blue Dragon Film AwardsBest New Director Yoon Ga-eun 25th Buil Film AwardsBest New ActressChoi Soo-in Best New Director Yoon Ga-eun Best Screenplay 8th KOFRA Film AwardsBest Independent Film The World of Us 36th Korean Association of Film Critics AwardsBest New DirectorYoon Ga-eun Top Films of the YearThe World of Us 16th Korea Assembly Grand AwardsOutstanding Film 2016 Tokyo FilmexAudience Award Jury Special MentionYoon Ga-eun 17th Women in Film Korea FestivalBest Director Shanghai International Film FestivalBest ActressChoi Soo-in Best CinematographyMin Jun-won, Kim Ji-hyun 56th Zlín Film FestivalBest Feature Film for ChildrenThe World of Us Best Child Actor in Feature Film for ChildrenChoi Soo-in 4th Wildflower Film AwardsGrand PrizeThe World of Us Best Director – Narrative FilmsYoon Ga-eun Best New Director – Narrative FilmsYoon Ga-eun Best New Actor / ActressChoi Soo-in Seol Hye-in Best ScreenplayYoon Ga-eun 16th National Assembly of Korea AwardsFilm (Arts) CategoryThe World of Us 53rd Baeksang Arts AwardsBest New ActressChoi Soo-inBest New DirectorYoon Ga-eunBest Screenplay
References
External links
The World of Us at Naver Movies