Tea & Poison

2005

Mid length

Yong-ju Joung | 2005 | Fiction | 35mm | Color | 33min 40sec

SYNOPSIS

Having begun to distrust his wife, Young-min ultimately installs a hidden camera and witnesses the scene of his wife's infidelity. He goes to Kyungju to meet with the Buddhist monk who one day gave him the mask of Chuyong(representing generosity). When waking up after drinking tea offered by the monk, Young-min goes back in time before his wife has the affair.

DIRECTING INTENTION

I want to express human's character by Young Min who is holding a doubt with his life. I tried to present to show this intention using back to the past time that we lapse our unmoral memory. And then, I want to show the forgiveness with the way to wear Mask of Chuyong and the way to drink tea. Also I created the ant in order to make the other ego for Yong Min and stand for contemporary with him. For the expression of image, there are 2 kinds of way to show. One way is the reality that makes feel fantastic, and the other way is the past that makes real mood for indecent human.

FESTIVAL & AWARDS

2005 제10회 부산국제영화제 와이드앵글 부문 선재상 수상

DIRECTOR
Yong-ju Joung

Yong-ju Joung

1999 <심청이 팔려가기 전날 밤>
2000 <멀미>

STAFF

Director Yong-ju Joung
Producer Seung-chul Chun, Se-jun Park
Screen Writer Yong-ju Joung
Cinematographer Sang-gak Lee
Editor Min-ho Kyung
Lighting Chan-yoon Park
Art Director Hwa-sung Jo
Sound KOFIC
Music Jae-jin Lee
Cast Weon-sang Park, Hyo-hee Dong, Yong-min Choi, Sung-bin Park, Hyun-joung Kim, Min-joung Kim