HELLO, STRANGER

2007

Feature 1

Dong-Hyun Kim | 2007 | Fiction | 35mm | Color | 112min 53sec

SYNOPSIS

Jin-wook is a north korean defector, who has just graduated from a center for adjusting for south korea and came out to the real society. On the evening of the first day of his moving to a humble apartment from the center, Jin-wook went out to buy a blanket and then shocked by the very scene of capitalism in a megastore nearby. On that night, Jin-wook gets lost and coincidently gets on a taxi, which another north korean defector Hae-jung drives. Hae-jung and Jin-wook, who both are new to Seoul area try to find his apartment, but couldn't find his apartment. When it gets to nearly morning, after Jin-wook departs Hae-jung, Jin-wook gets home in the end.

DIRECTING INTENTION

The film depicts the scene that two defectors from North Korea and a foreign worker living in Seoul feel sympathy for one another and strrugle to settle in a capticaled society. They reflects us in the past and also in the current situation. Even though they are not able to fully communicate in different languages, it is enough for them to understand and identify themselves by sharing common feelings like happiness and sadness. Thus, we are fundamentally the same; a human being with universal emotions.

FESTIVAL & AWARDS

12th Busan International Film Festival, ASIA NETPAC AWARD(2007)

DIRECTOR
Dong-Hyun Kim

Dong-Hyun Kim

1997 <섬으로부터>

2004 <배고픈 하루>

2005 <상어>

 

STAFF

Director Producer Screen Writer Dong-hyun Kim
Cinematographer Jung-ok Oh
Editor Do-hyun Lee
Lighting Joo-saeng Lee
Art Director Hyo-sun Park
Sound Sung-chul Lee
Cast In-soo Park, Hee-jin Choi, Quangsu