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Sonia

FUCHIGAMI Satorino

Japan2017 12min Korean Premiere

Synopsis

Sonia with a distinctive black and beautiful hair of a Labrador retriever. But Sonia's color was transformed like a pure white snow in sorrow that the companion left. This story which consists of a true story.

Program Note

A black dog named Sonia comes to a man who probably lived quite a lonely. Then, one day, the man dies and the dog misses the man who left him and becomes a white dog after being buried in the snow. Did the dog enter into a fantasy world? The words that appear at the end of the film says that ‘The story is based on a true story.’ The real world and the fantasy world are shown together in photos of the two main characters. Is that why? In order to emphasize the texture of Sonia’s fur and the man’s coat, the puppet-stop motion was mainly used, but a dreamlike background was later made by combining it afterwards. (NAH Ho-won)

Diretor

FUCHIGAMI Satorino

Fuchigami Satorino is a director, born in 1974. After working in video production overseas for several years, he came back to Tokyo for artistic activities. He also edited and wrote books and published the picture book¡¸ White Sonia¡¹.