Monkey in the Pool

2005

Mid length

Jae-seung Roh | 2005 | Fiction | DV | Color | 40min [English Subtitle]

SYNOPSIS

Seung-Ui is a expected man in the baseball players. One day, an old man (Trainer of a zoo) visited him to tell the obituary of his mother. Through the death of Seung-Ui's mother, IN, Gansook who is his lover and pregnant with his child become aware of the fact that Seung-Ui is a Monkey. Meanwhile, abandoned by Gansook, he meet by chance Choo(singer), a woman who has a disgusting scar with her face. And they feel sympathy for each other.

DIRECTING INTENTION

In my view, many people of our times seem to be monkeys have a sin. All of them make a sin with a cruel destiny, that is the way of life in this world. This poor and sinful monkeys must live in a dirty pool, and they have only two ways in it. Either they lead a life in the pool, or escape from the pool.

FESTIVAL & AWARDS

2005 인디포럼
2005 제6회 서울필름페스티벌

DIRECTOR
Jae-seung Roh

Jae-seung Roh

2001 <할큄>
2001 <벌어짐> 
2002 <뭄>
2002 <그리고 우리는 말한다>
2004 <창호는 누구에게 물어보나?>

STAFF

Director Jae-seung Roh
Screen Writer Jae-seung Roh
Editor Jae-seung Roh
Production KNUA
Cinematographer Gwang-woo Lee
Lighting Myung-ho Lee
Mixing Tae-yeon Kim
Recording Ho-won Kim
Cast Sun-myung Cho, You-sin Lee, Chung-min Jung