Director: Jeon Soo-il
Script: Jeon Soo-il, Jung Soon-young
Cinematography: Kim Sung-tai
Editor: Suh Yong-duk
Sound: Lee Sung-chul
Music: Gae Soo-jung
Cast: Yu Yun-mi, Park Hyun-woo, Jo Young-jin
Production: Outside the box Production, Dongnyuk Film
Distribution:
Zootrope Films
81 Bd de Clichy
75009 Paris
France
Tel: 0033 1.53.20.48.60
Fax: 0033 1.53.20.48.69
www.zootropefilms.fr
Year: 2007
35 mm, B & W and Colour, 89 min,
OV Korean with French Subtitles
Venise Film Festival 2007
In a mining village from the Kangwon region, Young-lim is a nineyear- old girl living with her father and brother. She likes to sing nursery rhymes, to dance in front of the TV and to play with her elder brother who is a little retarded. When her father loses his job because of his health, her whole world is shuttered. She is now alone to look after her brother and their home. She manages to do it in her own way. Life is both hard and tender in this single-parent family.
Avoiding falling into melodrama, Jeon Soo-il succeeds to move us with a very well crafted photography where black and white is lit with patches of colors. He has cast an outstanding girl, Yu Yun-min, whose presence is full of reflection, courage and liveliness, and who is a remarkable performer.
