“What a fucking world! You should go and fuck yourself, goddamn assholes!” A gold medal on the neck, a picture on the back pocket and chronic back pain. Inmok, who is in his forties, always glares at old people passing by with anger. He receives the eviction notice from his old house and decides to stay out of the world to become a Buddhist monk but that’s not even easy. Since he has nowhere to go but wants to save face, Inmok starts a new life in a serene place under the bridge. There’s an old man, who has already lived there before Inmok, smiles at him but Inmok doesn’t like him. Inmok picks up boxes to make a bed as soon as he sees the old man has a decent sleeping box. However, collecting boxes is not easy and each area is already taken.

People who are in their forties are called the backbone of the economy. As known as the Sandwich Generation, everything will be done once they fall apart. No one pays attention to their issue even though it is regarded as a generation which doesn’t have the leverage. They were called Generation X which used to be unpredictable but the younger generation is harder to understand for Gen X. They resisted the old custom and created a new culture but now they are considered a preachy generation. In fact, being stuck with old and new generations is not only for a certain generation. Audiences only get to see in the perspective of a mid-forties main character who stands between generations. It can be observed with his eyes, however, it even gets distant if Inmok is in pain or emotional in the movie. Which could you empathize with among different generations having their own ways to live?

2022 Busan International Film Festival