South Korean network TVING’s thriller series Bargain, starring Jin Sun Kyu and Jeon Jong Seo, has become the first Korean drama to win the award for Best Screenplay at the Cannes International Series Festival (Canneseries)! This maked the thriller series the first-ever K-drama and OTT original series to win at the Canneseries.
As noted by the Korean tabloid Soompi, based on a 2015 short film of the same name, Bargain is a thriller about a dangerous bargain between Noh Hyung Soo (Jin Sun Kyu) and Park Joo Young (Jeon Jong Seo) that grows into a bigger problem when the building they’re in gets hit by a major earthquake.
Directed by Jeon Woo Sung, Bargain comes from writers Choi Byung Yoon, Kwak Jae Min. While accepting the award, Jeon Woo Sung shared, “‘Bargain’ is a project with an incredibly unique concept, so it’s an honor to be recognized and invited. Thank you so much for giving us an award on top of that.” He then added, “Byung Yoon! Jae Min! We did it!”
A representative from TVING remarked, “We are incredibly happy to be able to continue the Korean content syndrome as TVING’s original series ‘Bargain’ achieves the pleasure of becoming the first Korean OTT [series] and drama to win a Canneseries award. In the future too, we will do our best to discover content that delivers fun and touching emotion to people all around the world and spread the word far and wide of TVING’s content’s competitiveness.”
Paramount+ will release Bargain worldwide this summer.
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