Tiger and Ox

2020

Short showcase

KIM Seung-hee | 2019 | Documentary, Animation | Color | DCP | 8min 18sec (E)

SYNOPSIS

What does divorce mean to women in Korean patriarchal society? Is a fatherless family failure? In order to find the answer for the questions, a single mother and her daughter start the conversation.

DIRECTING INTENTION

I have grown up in a single mother family in Korean patriarchal society. A fatherless one. This has been my secret identity. My mother's biggest secret is living husbandless. She has disciplined me to keep this in secret to protect us. This year I turned 34, and my mother was 35 when she gave birth to me. I imagine the period when she raised me alone. Is all the anxiety, worries and concerns, which single mothers raising their kids alone have, really personal issues? To shed the light on it, I illustrated the anxiety and the discomfort in this film that my mother and I have borne, animalizing us into tiger and ox and following the emotional journey during the past days with our conversation.

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DIRECTOR
KIM Seung-hee

KIM Seung-hee

 

2014 Mirror in Mind
2017 The Realm of Deepest Knowing

 

STAFF

Director KIM Seung-hee
Producer KIM Seung-hee
Screenwriter KIM Seung-hee
Editor KIM Seung-hee
Animation KIM Seung-hee
Sound KIM Seung-hee
Voice KIM Yeon-suk, KIM Seung-hee