director’s spotlight

german premiere

tristes tropiques

Elite hitman and mafia boss Sage of the Jungle is dead. The result is a power vacuum of a ruthless force and a dreadful bloodbath. With the serial-killer shocker I SAW THE DEVIL (Fantasy Filmfest 2011) and the mobster spectacle NEW WORLD (Fantasy Filmfest 2013) Park Hoon-jung delivered two of the most powerful thrillers of our festival’s history. He followed these with his mystery-action blockbuster THE WITCH: SUBVERSION (Fantasy Filmfest 2019) and now he comes back with TRISTES TROPIQUES. Once again the master is at the very top of his game, delivering mesmerizing imagery, an unconventional narrative structure, and fight sequences of such breathtaking velocity that they are in a league of their own.