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27.02. / Monday, 20:00 - 22:00 Theatre 4 | |
01.03. / Thursday, 18:00 - 20:00 Theatre 2 | |
03.03. / Saturday, 12:00 - 14:00 Theatre 4 |
Young-Chan has been deaf and blind since childhood. He has no idea how to participate in the world until he meets Soon-Ho, who also has a physical handicap. He marries her and learns to communicate with the outside world through her. By softly tapping each other's finger, they can understand one another; it is sometimes as if they are tenderly playing a piano. This documentary follows the couple in the same gentle tempo as Young-Chan moves through his life. We see them replacing a lightbulb together, receiving friends, working on a theater piece, reading a book, and gliding on a sleigh down a mountain. These everyday scenes are accompanied by a poetic voice-over by Young-Chan, in which he reflects on his existence without sight and hearing. He feels like an astronaut, but that doesn't mean he is without a sense of beauty in the world. This becomes palpable when Young-Chan touches the bark of a tree, runs his hand through sand, or brushes raindrops on a window pane with his fingertips.
Seung-Jun Yi is one of the most renown Korean directors in the world documentary scene. Amongst over a dozen documentaries Seung-Jun has directed the award winning ‘Children of God’ (2008). Seung-Jun’s interest has always focused on the life of, so called, the unseen minorities. This has become his signature style of filmmaking.
General sponsor
Planet of Snail
South Korea
2011, 87', color, video
Directed by:
Seung-Jun Yi
Cinematography:
Seung-Jun Yi
Edited by:
Seung-Jun Yi, Simon El Habre
Music:
Min Seongki
Producers:
Gary Kam, Min-Chul Kim
Produced by:
CreativEast
Festivals & Awards:
IDFA 2011 - Best Feature-Length Documentary