Snowpiercer

In the near future, a failed climate experiment has led to a second ice age. The sole survivors are aboard a high-speed train constantly on the move. A class system reigns – the poor inhabiting the tail section, the wealthy and powerful in the front. A riot takes place, and a group of rebels fight their way through the train to gain control of its engine. The film marks Bong's English-language debut, with an international cast. It shifts frequently in tone and in genre, train car by train car, from dystopia to absurd and vivid cheerfulness. Mixed with carefully choreographed fight scenes, this is a visually striking, original and highly entertaining sci-fi adventure.

Ida Gulbrandsen

Director Bong Joon-ho will give a personal video greeting to Films from the South before the film.

Director

Bong Joon-ho (b. 1969) is one of South Korea's most renowned international and domestic filmmakers. The Host (2006), the English-language Snowpiercer (2013), and the Oscar-winning Parasite (2019) are among the most-watched films in South Korea ever. Bong made his feature film debut with Barking Dogs Never Bite in 2000 and gained widespread recognition with the crime thriller Memories of Murder in 2003, followed by Mother in 2009.