Cinema – Korean Film Week
Cinema – Korean Film Week at the Elder Museum, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
From November 11 to 14.
Korean film week exhibits four films that, although not homogeneous, reflect a shared sensibility and are part of a current trend in contemporary Korean cinema that tends towards the exploration of peripheral subjects, the critical deconstruction of traditional structures, and the recovery of voices silenced by History.
Program:
November 11
The book of fish /Jasaneobo
South Korea, 2021, B/W. 126 minutes.
Director: Lee Joon-ik.
Screenplay: Se-Gyeom Kim.
Cast: Sul Kyung-gu, Byun Yo-han, Lee Jeong-eun, Min Do-hee, Cha Soon-bae, Kang Ki-young.
Synopsis :
It takes place in 1801, and focuses on the story of a Joseon era scholar who, forced by the king into exile on a small island, begins to study marine life with the help of a young fisherman, with whom he forms a friendship and in return teaches him about Confucianism. Fascinated, the scholar decides to write a book about the sea with the help of the fisherman.
November 12
Familyhood /Gutbai singgeul
South Korea, 2016, Color. 120 minutes.
Director: Kim Tae-gon.
Screenplay: Jeon Go-Woon, Dong-Sun Shin, Kim Tae-gon.
Cast: Kim Hye-su, Ma Dong-seok, Kim Hyeon-soo, Kim Yong-geon, Seo Hyeon-jin.
Synopsis :
Go Joo-yeon is a middle-aged film star who, facing life's setbacks, decides to change course and secure her future, for which she decides to fake a pregnancy and hire a pregnant teenager as a surrogate mother. The film becomes a comedy of errors because, with the announcement of her pregnancy, Go Joo-yeon's new life takes new and unexpected turns.
November 13
Bori /Naunen Bori
South Korea, 2018, Color. 110 minutes.
Director: Kim Jin-yu.
Screenplay: Kim Jin-yu.
Cast: Kim Ah-song, Lee Rin Ha, Kwak Jin-seok, Heo Ji-na, Hwang Yoo Rim, Choi Dae-sung, Jong-Moon Kim, Kim Tae Hyun.
Synopsis :
Little Bori is the only one in her family who can hear, living in two worlds: that of silence and communication through sign language with her family, and that of sound with the rest of society. Excluded from the silent connection that exists among her family members, she wishes to be deaf to be “like them,” and in a moment of frustration, she takes advantage of a dramatic episode to experience it.
November 14
Dongju: The life of a poet / Dongju
South Korea, 2016, B/W. 110 minutes.
Director: Lee Joon-ik.
Screenplay: Shin Yeon-shick.
Cast: Kang Ha-neul, Park Jeong-min, Kim In-woo, Choi Hong-il, Kim Jeong-pal, Moon Choi, Sin Yun-ju.
Synopsis :
Set during the Japanese occupation period in the 1940s, the film narrates the life of poet Yun Dong-ju, a crucial figure in the history of Korean literature, and that of his cousin, activist Song Mong-gyu, exploring the challenges and oppression faced by Korean intellectuals. Dong-ju was sentenced to prison for participating in Korea's independence movement.
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