Synopsis
On a meat market, Jung-hee, a butcher, runs away from her abusive husband, Sung-chil, who gambles and even beats her. Her neighbors who pity her suggest that she should eat meat to be strong. She tries to eat the meat after watching a TV show about lionesses hunting.
Director's Note
Violence provokes violence. There is neither justice nor evil in it. Violence toward a human being is bound to return to the perpetrator. The extreme violence of “battered wives” is same. Are they victims? Murderers? Or survivor?
Director's Bio / Filmography
- HONG Jae-hee
Graduated from Korean National University of Arts
1997 [Misunderstanding] 16mm, color, 2min. silent
1999 [Vomiting] 16mm, color, 10min.
1999 [How to Get through Desert] DV 6mm, color, 15min.
1999 [An alley] DV 6mm, color, 1'30"
2001 [Plying with a Yoyo] 16mm, color, 15min.
2003 [Dust] 35mm, b&w/color, 9min.
Short Competition, 2nd Slow Food on Film Festival (2009, Italy)
Competition, Curtocircuit International Short Film Festival of Santiago de Compostela (2008, Spain)
Seoul Independent Film Festival (2008, Korea)
Short Panorama, 18th Leeds Int’l Film Festival (2004, UK)
Short Competition, 18th Edmonton Int’l Film Festival (2004, Canada)
Competition, 11th Torino Int’l Women’s Film Festival (2004, Italy)
MadCat Women's Int’l Film Festival (2004, USA)
2nd Reel Venus Film Festival (2004, USA)
Special Award from the Official Jury, 6th Belo Horizonte Int’l Short Film Festival (2004, Brazil)
Competition, 12th Expresión en Corto Int’l Film Festival (2004, Mexico)
32nd Huesca Film Festival (2004, Spain)
Women Make Waves Film Festival (2003, Taiwan)
Competition, 5th Women’s Film Festival in Seoul (2003, Korea)
2nd Mise-en-scéne’s Genre Film Festival (2003, Korea)
Competition, 7th Int’l Short Film Festival Winterthur (2003, Switzerland)
2008 [Lioness(es)] 35mm, color, 20min.
8th Int'l Filmmor Women’s Film Festival (2010, Turkey)
4th Sapporo Int'l Short Film Festival-Special screening (2009, Japan)
Short Competition, 12th Brooklyn Int'l Film Festival (2009, USA)
Piero Paolo Pasolini Prize, 2nd Slow Food on Film Festival (2009, Italy)
Competition, 6th Curtocircuit Int’l Short Film Festival of Santiago de Compostela (2008, Spain)
34th Seoul Independent Film Festival (2008, Korea)
Woman Make Waves Film Festival (2008,Taiwan)
Competition, 8th Deagu Independent Short Film Festival (2008,Korea)
2nd Chungmuro Int’l Film Festival in Seoul (2008,Korea)
Competition, 7th Mise-en-scène’s Short Film Festival (2008, Korea)
Excellent Award, 10th Int’l Women’s Film Festival in Seoul (2008, Korea)
2012 [My Father’s Emails] HD, color, 89min., documentary
18th Festival Franco Coreen du Film (2013, France)
20th Women Make Waves Film Festival (2013, Taiwan)
14th Jeju Women's Film Festival (2013, Korea)
2nd Asan Women's Film Festival (2013, Korea)
9th Incheon Women's Film Festival (2013, Korea)
Critic’s Forum Choice Prize, 1st Muju Sangol Film Festival (2013, Korea)
15th International Women's Film Festival in Seoul (2013, Korea)
13th Seoul Independent Documentary Film & Video Festival (2013, Korea)
Best Film Award, 38th Seoul Independent Film Festival (2012, Korea)
9th EBS International Documentary Film Festival (2012, Korea)
Staff
Director/screenwriter - HONG Jae-hee
Producer - NAM Che-hee
Assistant director - KIM I-kyoung
Cinematography - LEE Bong-ju
Editing - UM Yun-ju
Lighting - PARK Jun-gyu
Composing - KIM Hong-jib
Mixing - JUNG Ji-yong
Art - LEE Min-a
Cast
HONG Sung-a as Jung-hee
JUNG In-gi as Sung-chil
JOE Han-hee as Grandma neighbor
