Keys to the Heart
Short description
A former boxing champion, Jo-ha now scrapes by doing occasional work, having lost the fame and money that once defined him. When the mother who left him as a child reappears, he reluctantly agrees to stay at her home for a while. There he learns he has a younger brother, Jin-tae, a self-taught piano prodigy who is autistic. The three of them, along with the people around them, slowly work out what family means after years apart.
Keys to the Heart is a 2018 South Korean comedy-drama directed and written by Choi Sung-hyun. Lee Byung-hun plays Jo-ha, Youn Yuh-jung plays the mother In-sook, and Park Jeong-min plays Jin-tae, with Han Ji-min, Kim Sung-ryung and Choi Ri in supporting roles. The film ran 120 minutes and was produced by CJ Entertainment and JK Film on a budget of about 5 million dollars, going on to take roughly 25 million dollars worldwide.
Audiences have responded warmly to the film: it holds a 7.4 rating on IMDb from around 1,800 votes, and an 8 on TMDB from a much smaller base of 49 votes.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film's title translates to "It's Just My World".
- To prepare for the role, Park Jeong-min took piano lessons for six months and practiced six hours a day. He plays the instrument himself in all the scenes.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
