Production
| Director: | Yi Seung-jun |
| Producer: | Ken-Ichi Imamura (co-producer) |
| Gary Byung-Seok Kam (producer) | |
| Min Chul Kim (producer) | |
| Janne Niskala (co-producer) |
Reviews for Planet of Snail
New York Post
Gentle, simply told love stories are as rare in documentaries these days as they are in narrative film. That alone makes Yi Seung-jun’s “Planet of Snail” a standout.
Read review26 Jul 2012
Slant Magazine
One of the most thrilling possibilities of great art lies in its ability to allow us to enter into a character or subject's headspace, and thus potentially open a window to ways of grasping the world that might be different from what we're used to in...
Read review22 Jul 2012
TotalFilm.com
South Korean Young-Chan is the ‘snail’ of Yi Seung-jun’s prize-winning documentary.
Deaf and blind, he’s reliant on his tactile senses, using finger-tapping to communicate.
Read review14 Jun 2012
Time Out London
All couples live in a bubble, a world of two that no one else can ever really know. That’s especially true of the husband and wife in this incredibly inspiring Korean doc. Young-Chan is deaf and blind. He likens himself to a ‘snail’ because he sees the...
Empire
A lovely, if occasionally syrupy portrayal of a couple who overcome their difficulties on a daily basis.
External Links
| www.planetofsnail.com | |
| IMDb.com, Inc.: | www.imdb.com/title/tt2057455/ |
| Rotten Tomatoes: | www.rottentomatoes.com/m/planet_of_snail_2012/ |
Reviews for Planet of Snail
New York Post
Gentle, simply told love stories are as rare in documentaries these days as they are in narrative film. That alone makes Yi Seung-jun’s “Planet of Snail” a standout.
Read review26 Jul 2012
Slant Magazine
One of the most thrilling possibilities of great art lies in its ability to allow us to enter into a character or subject's headspace, and thus potentially open a window to ways of grasping the world that might be different from what we're used to in...
Read review22 Jul 2012
TotalFilm.com
South Korean Young-Chan is the ‘snail’ of Yi Seung-jun’s prize-winning documentary.
Deaf and blind, he’s reliant on his tactile senses, using finger-tapping to communicate.
Read review14 Jun 2012
Time Out London
All couples live in a bubble, a world of two that no one else can ever really know. That’s especially true of the husband and wife in this incredibly inspiring Korean doc. Young-Chan is deaf and blind. He likens himself to a ‘snail’ because he sees the...
Empire
A lovely, if occasionally syrupy portrayal of a couple who overcome their difficulties on a daily basis.
Production
| Director: | Yi Seung-jun |
| Producer: | Ken-Ichi Imamura (co-producer) |
| Gary Byung-Seok Kam (producer) | |
| Min Chul Kim (producer) | |
| Janne Niskala (co-producer) | |
| Composer: | Seongki Min |
| Cinematographer: | Yi Seung-jun |
| Editing: | Simon El Habre |
| Ireland | 22 Jun 2012 | |
| United Kingdom | 22 Jun 2012 | |
| Japan | 20 Mar 2011 | |
| Sweden | 4 Sep 2012 | |
| Greece | 15 Mar 2012 | |
| Poland | 11 May 2012 | |
| United States | 25 Jul 2012 | |
| Finland | 27 May 2013 |
