La Mer

2020

Short showcase

LEE Chang-won | 2020 | Fiction | Color | DCP | 18min 51sec (E)

SYNOPSIS

A father and a son are living in a beach hut. At dawn, when the day begins, the son checks if his father is breathing. The son knows that his father wants to end his last life at home rather than at a nursing home. In order to fulfill his father's wishes, the son works as a fisherman out of his aptitude. The father, who cannot do anything on his own, leaves his body to his son and tries to hide his sorriness in a blank expression. The two don't know how long they have to live like this. As time goes by, they are getting tired. Will they ever get a beautiful farewell?

DIRECTING INTENTION

Man does not die from old age. He gets sick and die. The centenarian era has come, but if you lie down sick at the end of your life for several years, longevity can be a nightmare, not a blessing. So the meaning of a family is even more confusing in this centenarian era. Here is the life of a paraplegic father and a son who became a fisherman late to serve his father. It is the story of a fisherman family who lives in a small port village. There is no grandiose ambition to dare define a family. However, through the anguish of the main character, who is the head of a family and also a child of someone, I hope this film will serve as a small opportunity to reflect on the true meaning of the family.

FESTIVAL & AWARDS

2019 제25회 콜카타국제영화제 단편부문 심사위원상
2019 CKF국제영화제 최우수상
2019 시미국제영화제 각본상
2019 베네수엘라5대륙국제영화제 단편부문 최우수상
2019 모로코국제단편영화제 최우수상
2019 로스앤젤레스독립영화제
2019 신주쿠페스티벌 최우수상
2019 제12회 서울노인영화제 시스프렌드상
2020 Rome Prisma Film Awards 최우수상
2020 제1회 합천수려한영화제
2020 제8회 인천독립영화제

DIRECTOR
LEE Chang-won

LEE Chang-won

 

STAFF

Director LEE Chang-won
Producer LEE Chang-won
Screenwriter LEE Chang-won
Cinematographer KIM Jung-ho
Editor KWUN Sung-mo
Lighting KIM Jung-ho
Music KWUN Sung-mo
Art Director YOU Jae-wan
Cast LEE Hyok, KIM Jae-rok