by Lily Alice, January 29, 2024
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 The movie Sleep, directed by Yoo Jae Sun and starring Jung Yu Mi and the late Lee Sun Kyun, won the Grand Prize at the Gérardmer International Fantastic Film Festival in France. Director Yoo Jae Sun was honored with the accolade. 

Sleep tells the story of Hyun Soo (Lee Sun Kyun) and Soo Jin (Jung Yu Mi), a happy couple whose life is turned upside-down by Hyun Soo's peculiar behavior when he falls asleep. It marks the directorial debut of Yoo Jae Sun.

Sleep was also invited to the Critics' Week section of the 76th Cannes International Film Festival.

The Gérardmer International Fantastic Film Festival, which started in 1994, is celebrating its 31st anniversary this year. This is the first time since 2004, after director Kim Jee Woon's A Tale of Two Sisters, that a Korean work has won the top prize at this film festival.

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