Jang Dong-gun's new movie "President" sold out at PIFF

Korean Wave star Jang Dong-gun's new film set to open the 14th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF), sold out in less than two minutes, according to the event organizers.

"The tickets for "Good Morning President" sold out in one minute and 35 seconds," the organizers of PIFF said in a statement on Monday.

"President", directed by Jang Jin, of "Guns and Talks" and "The Big Scene", is a film that features three Presidents -- Jang Dong-gun, an older man and a female -- and satires politics and life as a president.

This is the actor's second opening film for the festival after "The Coast Guard" in 2002 and his first Korean film in four years. Jang had been working in Hollywood shooting "Laundry Warrior" during the past year.

The opening films for PIFF have often sold out quickly -- in previous years, "The Coast Guard" sold out in two minutes and four seconds, and both "Last Witness" and "Trace of Love" sold out in under three minutes.

The PIFF explained it has set aside three hundred tickets for the opening and closing films for people who were unable to buy tickets on the Internet.

This year, Hollywood actor Josh Hartnett is set to attend the festival to promote his new film "I Come With The Rain" directed by Vietnamese-born French director Tran Anh Hung and co-starring Korean actor Lee Byung-hun.

The film festival will be held October 8 through October 16 in Pusan.

Reporter : Lynn Kim lynn2878@asiae.co.kr
Editor : Jessica Kim jesskim@asiae.co.kr