Barnabé Sauvage's book traces South Korean cinema from national history to global success

Barnabé Sauvage, a film and visual studies scholar, has authored 'Le nouveau cinéma sud-coréen,' a book analyzing the rise of South Korean cinema from the 1960s to global hits like 'Oldboy' (2003) and 'Parasite' (2019). The work examines the paradoxical history of Korean cinema, navigating between nationalist aspirations and liberalization, while addressing national traumas such as Japanese colonization and the division of Korea. Sauvage integrates historical, economic, and aesthetic perspectives, with detailed film analyses to help readers form informed opinions. He holds a PhD in film and visual studies, is a former student of the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, and is a postdoctoral researcher at CNRS affiliated with Thalim and Cerilac laboratories. He also serves on the editorial board of the film criticism and research journal Débordements. The book is published by Dunod.