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The Favor

Jason YU

Korea2018 17min World Premiere

Synopsis

A father wakes up his sleeping son and requests something weird, holding out an envelope containing one million won. In The Favor, family relationships indicating unconditional love are cleverly explored.

Program Note

A father asks his son to pretend the dress found by his wife belongs to him. The son is annoyed by this embarrassing request, but then the mood changes. The director orchestrates the momentary streams of emotions and turns the film into a funny, yet touching drama, which is hard to do. (Rhana JANG)

Diretor

Jason YU

He hasn’t studied theoretical film education, but he has experience by working at the workplace of prestigious directors such as Park Chan-wook, Bong Joon-ho, Kim Yong-hwa and Lee Chang-dong. His short film Video Message (2014) is best known for his short films.