Emergency Declaration

An unknown, deadly virus twists what should have been a peaceful flight into a fight for survival. This dramatic airborne disaster-thriller is one of this year’s biggest box office hits in South-Korea.

Police detective Gu In-Ho has been tasked with investigating a terrorist threat, leaving his wife Hye-yoon to travel by herself for their planned vacation. Meanwhile, Park Jae-hyuk takes his daughter to Hawaii despite his fear of flying. A corpse, killed by an unknown virus, is found in the suspected terrorist’s apartment. Unfortunately, the said suspect has already taken off, in the same plane as Jae-hyuk, his daughter and Hye-yoon. As passengers aboard fall ill, In-ho searches for answers about the virus before it is too late.

In Emergency Declaration director Jae-Rim Han combines airborne claustrophobia with earthbound ethics and politics. The film was first screened out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival. It has since achieved great success in South-Korea.

Jenny Lund

17. NOV – Intro, Jae-Rim Han

The screening on November 17th is done in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Oslo and is introduced by Jae-Rim Han.

Director

Jae-Rim Han (f. 1975) is a Korean director, writer and producer. He studied film at Seoul Institute of the Arts. His first feature film, Rules of Dating (2005) was awarded the Busan Film Critics Association awards for Best Film and Best New Director. Emergency Declaration is his fifth feature film.