The Man Standing Next wins best picture at Blue Dragon Awards
Posted : 2021-02-10 13:58
Updated : 2021-02-14 10:10 The winners of the 41st Blue Dragon Awards pose with their trophies during the ceremony held at Paradise City in Incheon, Tuesday. / Yonhap
By Kwak Yeon-soo The Man Standing Next, a political thriller about the 1979 assassination of President Park Chung-hee, won the Best Picture award at the 41st annual Blue Dragon Awards, Tuesday. Park was assassinated by his right-hand man Kim Jae-gyu, who was the director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA).
The film received a total of 10 Blue Dragon nominations, but ended up winning only one award. This is director Woo Min-ho s second Best Picture award following the 2016 political crime-action film Inside Men. The Man Standing Next, the national contender for the 93rd Academy Awards, failed to make the shortlist of 15 films.
Taein
Cholla-namdo
South-korea
Incheon
Inch-on-gwangyoksi
Jung-yu-mi
Hong-eui-jung
Lee-byung-hun
Kim-jae-gyu
Kim-ji-young
Kwak-yeon-soo
Yoo-teo