How to find your way in a suburb of the mega-city of Seoul, that is just one of the things this North Korean refugee hasn't learnt on his citizenship course. He gets lost as soon as he is on his own. At least he speaks Korean.
Acting
Park In-Soo's wordless bewilderment speaks volumes.
Direction
Kim Dong-hyun finds poetry in mundane alienation.
Director
Kim Dong-hyun
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during South Korea's Sunshine Policy era, the film subtly critiques the gap between political rhetoric and lived experience for actual defectors.
Director Kim Dong-hyun cast actual North Korean refugees in minor roles; their improvised reactions to Seoul's suburbs were kept in the final cut.
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