DEFAULT is a financial thriller film produced by the Company's indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, Zip Cinema

Featuring Yoo Ah-in of Spackman Media Group, Kim Hye-soo, Heo Jun-ho, Jo Woo-jin and French actor Vincent Cassel, the film is expected to screen in Korea on 28 November 2018 

 

SINGAPORE -- 15 October 2018 - Spackman Entertainment Group Limited ("Spackman Entertainment Group" or the "Company" and together with its subsidiaries, the "Group"), one of Korea's leading entertainment production groups founded by financier Charles Spackman, wishes to announce that the Group's upcoming film, DEFAULT, produced by the Company's indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, Zip Cinema Co., Ltd. ("Zip Cinema"), is set to release in Korea on 28 November 2018.

 

DEFAULT is a financial thriller depicting the behind?the?scenes story of the tumultuous week leading up to the rescue package agreed upon between the International Monetary Fund ("IMF") and the Republic of Korea to prevent bankruptcy during the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis.

 

The film stars leading Korean actor Yoo Ah-in of the Group's associated company, Spackman Media Group Limited, veteran actress Kim Hye-soo, Heo Jun-ho, Jo Woo-jin and French actor Vincent Cassel.

 

In DEFAULT, Yoo Ah-in plays a mega investor betting against the country's fortunes. Kim Hye-Soo acts as the leader of the monetary policy team at the Bank of Korea, and French actor Vincent Cassel takes on the role of the managing director of IMF.

 

The film marks the first South Korean project of Vincent Cassell, who starred in French independent films LA HAINE and L'APPARTMENT, as well as Hollywood movies OCEAN'S TWELVE, OCEAN'S THIRTEEN and BLACK SWAN.

 

DEFAULT was screened at the 71st Cannes International Film Festival. The film is directed by Choi Kook-hee and distributed by CJ Entertainment. (mor/*).