Which film by Im Kwon Taek won the best director award at the 55th Cannes Film Festival Festival?

The movie that won the best director award at the 55th Cannes Film Festival was Im Kwon Taek's 'Drunken Picture Immortal'.

"Drunken Picture Immortal" is a South Korean biographical film directed by Im Kwon Taek and starring Choi Min Sik, Ahn Sung Ki and Son Ye Jin. The movie tells the story of the life of Jang Seung-ub, a famous landscape painter in the 19th century in Joseon, who was a wanton wanderer.

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Synopsis:

In the 1850s, North Korea faced internal and external problems, and the people lived in hardship. Beggar boy Jang Seung-ub, who was beaten up, was saved by scholar Kim Hwang-moon (Ahn Sung-ki), and the two of them formed a lifelong friendship. With the help of Kim's friend Lee Nyeong-heon (Han Myung-suk), Jang Seung-ub learns painting from a master at the Grand Painting Academy. Five years later, Jang Seung-ub (Choi Min-sik) began to learn by his own talent and left his teacher to go out into the world.

On a chance encounter, Jang Seung-ub befriends a young woman, Mei Heung, and paints plum blossoms for her on a group pendulum, inscribing the words, "Plum blossoms do not sell their fragrance for a lifetime". Soon after, he goes to the home of Suyun (Son Ye-jin), the sister of his first love, Lee Ngee-heon, and paints a picture of a crane for his long-sick benefactor. After Li Ningxuan leaves, Zhang Chengye bids farewell to Suyun. At that time, the society despised the literati who made paintings, and the disillusioned Zhang Chengye could only continue to travel around and cultivate his temperament.

Award Record:

2002: Best Film at Korea's Cheongryong Awards: "Drunken Immortal"

2002: Best Director at Korea's Cheongryong Awards: Im Kwon Taek "Drunken Immortal"

2002: Best Cinematography at Korea's Cheongryong Awards: Jeong Ik Sung "Drunken Immortal"

2002: Best Director at Cannes: Im Kwon Taek The Drunken Immortal"

2002: Best Film Nomination, Cannes Film Festival