Our Cat

2019

Special Feature 2

LEE Hee-seop | 2019 | Documentary | Color | DCP | 94min 26sec

SYNOPSIS

Born on the street, Lenny was forced to part with her mother by an ignorant human being. Soon after she was abandoned and taken back to the road. Fortunately, she was saved, and lived in temporary shelters til she met her present butler. Lenny's butler and documentary film director, Hee-seop, who was tired of city life, decides to take the camera to tell the story of various cat butlers who are practising "coexistence" in their own ways, different from his own.

DIRECTING INTENTION

On the weary way home from work, on the way out to buy empty night snacks, for some people, what had started as a throw of few grains, has now turned into a habit of proper feeding of the cats. It was those who could not help noticing the street cats enduring the cold and hunger. However, they have long been criticized and harassed by people. When asked why they continue to feed the cats, the answer was consistent: "Because they wait for me." They say that they can not let the cats donw, sitting on the cold cement for all day long, recognizing and approaching them with glistening eyes. I felt that there was a practice of a certain co-existence there at the lowest level.

FESTIVAL & AWARDS

World Premiere

DIRECTOR
LEE Hee-seop

LEE Hee-seop

 

2016 < The Goose goes South >

 

 

STAFF

Director LEE Hee-seop
Producer CHO Eun-sung
Screenwriter LEE Jeong-eun
Cinematographer LEE Hee-seop, KANG Sok-gu
Editor , KIM Soo-boum
Music PARK Jae-in
Narration LIM Soo-jung