Synopsis
With his wife in coma from a car accident, Ho-sang sleeps with Si-nae, the physician in charge of his wife. Feeling disillusioned with an inappropriate relationship with her co-worker Tae-jin, Si-nae has another relationship with Ho-sang. She, however, replies, “Don’t violate the rules,” when Ho-sang asks if she is interested in him. Although Ho-sang and Si-nae feel lonely, they realize sex between lonely souls cannot become their consolation.
So-kook feels uneasy as his mother goes on a date with an old friend of his deceased father. This senior couple share barbeques at a restaurant beside the railway like young couples, sing songs together at a karaoke and go on a trip with the amount of that they have. Having seen this old friend of his father since So-kook was little, he cannot understand their relationship, and yet he offers some money for their trip. Feeling sorry for his father and unsatisfied with his mother, he has no choice but to change his mind by blessing her intentions.
Curious encounters of these people without feeling passion, depict sometimes severe or bland human relationships that are unpredictable in uncertain lives.
Director's Note
This film is about emotion, reaction and thoughts of 3 people who related the out of print book Sundays in August. I want to express the death and life of ordinary people just around us as well as uncertainties and accidents of life. I also would like to represent unexpectedness and ambiguity in days.
Director's Bio / Filmography
- LEE Jin-woo
Born in Chonju, Korea
Graduate School of The Korean National University of Arts
1998 [I Love You] 16mm, 5min.
1999 [Dreams Come True?] 16mm, 14min.
IndieForum, Korea Independent Film & Video Makers' Forum (2000, Korea)
25th Korean Indie & Short Film Festival (1999, Korea)
1st Seoul Net Festival (2000, Korea)
2000 [GOD] 35mm, 10min.
Competition, Busan Asian Short Film Festival (2002, Korea)
26th Hong Kong Int’l Film Festival (2002, Hong Kong)
31st Int’l Film Festival Rotterdam (2002, The Netherlands)
27th Korean Independent Film Festival (2001, Korea)
Fantastic Short Films, 5th Puchon Int’l Fantastic Film Festival (2001, Korea)
IndieForum, Independent Film & Video Makers’ Forum (2001, Korea)
2003 [Simple Passion] 16mm, 11min
Kodak Prize, Busan Asian Short Film Festival (2003, Korea)
IndieForum, Independent Film & Video Makers’ Forum (2003, Korea)
2004 [Thinner Than Skin] super 16mm/HD, color, 72min.
2005 [Sundays in August] HD, color, 110min.
1st Subtitle Film Festival (2007, USA)
9th Barcelona Asian Film Festival (2007, Spain)
60th Edinburg Int’l Film Festival (2006, UK)
8th Buenos Aires Int'l Independent Film Festival (2006, Argentina)
2nd Cineastes Organization Osaka EX Film Festival (2006, Japan)
31st Seoul Independent Film Festival (2005, Korea)
Korean Panorama, 10th Pusan Int’l Film Festival (2005, Korea)
2006 [The Wind Stirs] 35mm, color, 14’30”
2008 [The Dream of Cortazar] color, 25min.
Staff
Director/Screenwriter : LEE Jin-woo
Production : INDIESTORY Inc.
Producer : CHO Young-kag
Assistant Directors : LEE Su-jin, YUN Kang-ro, KIM Dae-ok
Unit Production Manger : JANG Sung-yeon
Director of Photography : PARK Hong-ryul
Gaffer : LEE Sung-jae
Film Editor : AHN Sung-hwan
Art Director : LEE Hyun-ji
Recording : LEE Soon-sung
Script : KIM Yang-hee
Makeup : GONG Hye-sun
Stunt : KWON Seung-goo
English Translation : RHEE JuYoung
Cast
YANG Eun-yong as Si-nae
IM Hyung-kook as Ho-sang
OH Jung-sae as So-kook
