Beakgu

2017

Choice Feature

KIM Boram | 2017 | Documentary | Color | DCP | 83min (K, E)

SYNOPSIS

In Seoul, Korea, an aged dog lives in an empty lot in the secluded town. In the midst of the people passing by, the dog spends his day by chasing the birds or dozing off under the sunlight.
In order to learn ´who the dog is,` the camera approaches the people around and start dialogues with them. As though they hardly seemed to care about the dog, the residents slowly start sharing their own observations and memories of the dog.
Through the pieces of stories, certain clues to the life each person has lived also start slowly being revealed.
The camera starts looking into the people, whose faces have become one scenery by floating in-between memories and reality

DIRECTING INTENTION

Very often, life in a city deletes certain existence. Everything easily leaves you and becomes forgotten just as easily. Here, it is hard to notice something that naturally becomes extinct. All the misunderstandings and distortions taking place in life perhaps begin with the moment of such severances. In the urbanised life where ´relationships`have become scarce, I wanted to examine the sense of emptiness through the life of Baekgu the dog. What are the elements of life we are missing, and what are the values that should not be forgotten among us, these are the things I wished to examine.

FESTIVAL & AWARDS

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DIRECTOR
KIM Boram

KIM Boram

2013 <결혼전.투>
2014

STAFF

Director KIM Boram
Production P.U.R.N Production
Producer LEE Yoori
Cinematography KIM Boram, CHO Hyunna, MUN Jeonghyun, KIM Junho, CHOI Jaheon, KOH Jaehong
Editor KIM Boram
Music CHOI Sungho
Sound KOH Eunha
Calibration LEE Dongryul
Cast The Huam-dong Citizens, The Hongeun-dong Citizens