A Distant Place

2020

Feature Competition

박근영 | 2020 | Fiction | Color | DCP | 115min 8sec (E)

SYNOPSIS

We’re standing here, dreaming of a far distant place.
After settling down at a sheep ranch in Hwacheon five years ago, Jin-woo has been raising his niece Seol like his own daughter with his same-sex partner Hyun-min. One day, Jin-woo’s twin sister Eun-young who is the birth mother of Seol turns up at their doorstep and insists on taking Seol with her. As Jin-woo hesitates to send Seol to her, Eun-young, out of anger, discloses his relationship with Hyun-min in front of Jin-woo’s neighbors.

DIRECTING INTENTION

There was a time I was staying in Hwacheon. The scenery there was beautiful, but I thought it was different from the common scenery of Gangwon Province. This peaceful paradise was quite strange to me. I’d been here several times and even it wasn’t that far from where I am, but I thought about “a distant place.” How far away are we from paradise?

FESTIVAL & AWARDS

2020 제21회 전주국제영화제
2020 제8회 무주산골영화제
2020 제2회 평창국제평화영화제
2020 제8회 디아스포라영화제
2020 제10회 서울국제프라이드영화제

DIRECTOR
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2018 To My River 

STAFF

Director PARK Kun-young
Screenwriter PARK Kun-young
Editor PARK Kun-young
Producer PARK Kun-young, JANG Woo-jin, HEO Seung
Producer PARK Eun-seong
Cinematographer YANG Jung-hun
Lighting HONG Cho-rong
Art Director PARK Hye-jung
Recording KIM Ki-nam
Assistant Director LEE Sang-hyeok
Cast KANG Gil-woo, HONG Kyung, KI Joo-bong, LEE Sang-hee