The Talent Show

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LEE Sohyun | 2022 | Documentary | Color | DCP | 93min 3sec (K)

SYNOPSIS

Middle-aged moms-turned-actors start up a theater company. But everything that can go wrong does go wrong. Still, the show must go on.

DIRECTING INTENTION

In South Korea, the Sewol ferry disaster is associated with a “national trauma.” The emotional impact of the tragedy was heightened by the fact that so many of the victims were young school children. In 2019, the group created their first original play based on testimony they had gathered from school’s mothers. “The Talent Show” tells the story of a talent show the Danwon High students had been preparing before leaving for their school trip to Jeju. In the play, the children arrive safely on the island, and are able to put on the show. Through the play, the mothers are able to reconnect with their lost children and see them again in a new light.

FESTIVAL & AWARDS

2022 SEOUL International Women's Film Festival
2022 DMZ International Documentary Film Festival

DIRECTOR

LEE Sohyun

2015 Dear Gradma

STAFF

Director LEE Sohyun
Producer YI Boram
Cinematographers MIN Junwon, LEE Kun-sol
Editors KIM Hyungnam, KOO Yunjoo, LEE Sohyun, HWANG Dakyung
Music KWUN Hyungjeong
Cast Sooin’s mom, Dongsu’s mom, Aejin’s mom, Yejin’s mom, Youngman’s mom, Soonbeom’s mom, Yunmin’s mom, KIM Tae-hyun