Mumbai: The Academy Award-nominated film “Minari” is all set to launch in India on April 16.
The film is in rivalry for six Oscars this yr, having obtained nominations in classes of Best Picture, Best Director (Lee Isaac Chung), Best Original Screenplay (Lee Isaac Chung), Best Actor (Steven Yeun), Best Supporting Actress (Youn Yuh-jung), and Best Original Score (Emile Mosseri).
“Minari” has additionally collected six nominations on the BAFTAs, for Best Film Not In The English Language, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Alan Kim), Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Music, Best Casting (Julia Kim), and has garnered a Golden Globe in the perfect Motion Picture class.
The Korean-English language film stars Steven Yeun, Han Ye-ri, Alan Kim, Noel Kate Cho, Youn Yuh-jung, and Will Patton. It is a semi-autobiographical take on Chung’s upbringing, the plot follows a household of South Korean immigrants who attempt to make it in rural America through the Eighties.
The film had its world premiere on the Sundance Film Festival in January 2020. It gained the US Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and the US Dramatic Audience Award.
Minari is being launched in India by PVR Pictures.