Культовый режиссер Ким Ки Дук приехал в Латвию из России и умер
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Известный корейский кинорежиссер Ким Ки Дук умер от осложнений Covid-19
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Maverick Korean Filmmaker Kim Ki-duk Dies Due to Covid-19: Reports
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Award-winning South Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk, best known for films such as Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter. and Spring, Moebius, Pieta, 3-Iron and Amen among others, died of COVID-19 complications in Latvia on Friday, according to the Korean Herald. He was 59.
Kim was apparently in the country to buy property there, Latvian media reported. He had arrived in the country on November 20. The director s interpreter Daria Krutova too reportedly confirmed the death.
Kim Ki-duk was the recipient of Golden Lion at 69th Venice International Film Festival for Pietà, Silver Lion for Best Director at 61st Venice International Film Festival for 3-Iron, Silver bear for Best Director at 54th Berlin International Film Festival for Samaria, and Un Certain Regard prize at 2011 Cannes Film Festival for Arirang.
Kim Ki-duk
South Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk has died in Latvia aged 59 after contracting Covid-19, according to reports.
The award-winning director had travelled to the Baltic country last month and intended to buy a house near the capital, Riga, according to local media. He reportedly died this morning (December 11) from Covid-19 complications.
Kim’s death was confirmed to local outlet Delfi.lv by ArtDocFest/Riga director Vitaly Mansky and his interpreter, Daria Krutova.
The Estonian Film Institute confirmed to
Screen that Kim intended to shoot a new feature in the country titled
Rain, Snow, Cloud And Fog. The story was to centre on a man and a woman whose love crosses times and space, with four separate stories woven into one.