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Home > Features > Documentary > Shocking Family
Shocking Family
2006, DV CAM , color, 111min
Dir: Kyoung-soon
Keyword: Women,Human Rights,Family
Etc: documentary
Audience Critics Award, 7th Jeonju Int'l Film Festival (2006, Korea)
1st Film Festival for Woman Rights (2006, Korea)
Korean Independent Cinema 2006 (2006, Japan)
Jeongdongjin Independent Film & Video Festival (2006, Korea)
8th Women's Film Festival in Seoul (2006, Korea)
"Is there anyone in all of Korea who is really free from her family?
Shocking Family is a coming-of-age film that thinks about the submergence of the self within the family while recording the viewpoints of three women in their twenties, thirties and forties respectively in search for the meaning of their individual existence."

Seyeong in her twenties – what the hell is family...
I love the sky when it looks like it¡¯s about to shatter. That¡¯s when I meet up with friends to chat. But these days, even that¡¯s no fun. I prefer being holed up in my room entertaining myself. Signs of aging, perhaps? It¡¯s been a year since I started living alone, but mom still summons me home all the time.

Kyungeun in her thirties – seeking freedom
Though it¡¯s just a half-basement room I rent for $300 a month with a $5,000-deposit, I love living in a space of my own. The best part of living alone is I can get up late and eat when I want to eat. And I can take photos. I left my son and husband two years ago...

Kyungsoon in her forties – refusing a world steeped in conventions
When married friends confide family problems to me, my unequivocal answer is, ¡°Get a divorce!¡± I sometimes try to preach, and even lie through my teeth when I claim I love the single life. I dream at night of having sex with a gorgeous partner, only to wake up to two cats and my daughter.

Vincent, Korean-American adoptee
Koreans say kin and family ties are important, right? But I guess it only applies within Korea, huh? Do I love Korea? Why do you ask?
Kyoung-soon

1999 [MINDULLAE-Dandelion] DV, color, 60min. documentary
        Pusan Int'l Film Festival Woonpa (1999, Korea) 
        Seoul Documentary film Best prize 
        Korea Independent Short Film Festival Samsung camera prize (1999, Korea) 
        This year's Independent Film (1999, Korea)
2001 [Patriot Game] DV, color, 90min. documentary 
        Indie Forum Audience best choice 
        This year's Independent Film
2003 [What Do People Live For] DV 6mm, color, 111min. documentary 
        Seoul Independent Film Festival best choice (2003, Korea) 
        Woonpa Award, Pusan Int'l Film Festival (2004, Korea)
2006 [Shocking Family] DV 6mm, color, 111min. documentary
        Audience Critics Award, 7th Jeonju Int'l Film Festival (2006, Korea) 
        1st Film Festival for Woman Rights (2006, Korea) 
        Korean Independent Cinema 2006 (2006, Japan) 
        Jeongdongjin Independent Film & Video Festival (2006, Korea) 
        8th Women's Film Festival in Seoul (2006, Korea)


Director/Screenwriter/Film Editor : Kyung-soon
Production : Redsnowman
Producer : Joo-young
Director of Photography : Se-young
Film Editor : KIM Sun-min, I Yeon-jeong
Music : Jieun