The King of the Border

2017

Choice Feature

LIM Junghwan | 2017 | Fiction | Color | DCP | 118min 14sec

SYNOPSIS

Eugene, a film school graduate, came to Poland to meet her old friends. Dongchul, who also studied film, came to Ukraine to meet his old friends also. They travel separately through Europe, visiting their own cities, and waiting for their own objects to arrive a few days later. For a few days of waiting, Eugene and Dongchul travel around the city and meet strange streets, unexpected people, and old artworks. The city they see is entirely different, but their gaze often overlaps.
Sometimes they imagine the movie they want to make. In Eugene's movie, Dongchul is the lead actor and in Dongchul's movie, vise versa. Their story also stars a Russian-Korean ghost who came from Sakhalin. The object they are waiting for is getting closer to Poland and Ukraine. However, it does not seem very important to Eugene and Dongchul in the movie.

DIRECTING INTENTION

Thinking of old friends living in different paths, I felt things are not going as what I thought it would be. I wanted to keep memories of a good people I met and good movies I met.

FESTIVAL & AWARDS

World Premiere

DIRECTOR
LIM Junghwan

LIM Junghwan

2012 <밤이 지나간다>
2014

STAFF

Director LIM Junghwan
Producer PARK Jinsoo, LIM Junghwan
Screenwriter LIM Junghwan
Cinematography JUNG Kiwook
Editor LIM Junghwan
Lighting JUNG Kiwook
Scripter LEE Yujin
Recording LIM Cheol
field support PARK Jinsoo, JUNG Hukki
Cast KIM Saebyuk, CHO Hyunchul, LEE Yujin, JUNG Hukki, PARK Jinsoo, LIM Cheol