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Fantastic Short Films 19 - Off the Screen

The Nest

YIM Pilsung

Korea2017 21min International Premiere

Synopsis

A boy who is adopted by a couple living with a cute daughter. The bad behavior of the boy leads, and the woman who wants a happy family gradually falls into a nightmare

Program Note

The Nest by Yim Pil-sung is a psychological thriller that implies various sides of our shaded reality while keeping the tension. The film’s introduction, in which the wall divides a child in the living room and parents in the bedroom, is an effective implication of its theme. This masterpiece projects the images of selfishness of wrecked adults, who have lost emotional connection, and the scene of cold-hearted children, who have been treated as consumables, in the capitalistic society where materials are deified through genre-specific directing. The acting of Jeon Do-yeon emphasizes the chill sweeping across the entire film. (CHO Jae-hwi)

Diretor

YIM Pilsung

Born in 1972 and debuted into the commercial film industry after the film Antarctic Journal (2005). Since then, he has actively been directing and starring in films such as Hansel & Gretel (2007), Heavenly Creature (2012) and Scarlet Innocence (2014). He gets his critical acclaims with the unique mise-en-scène which reveals the color as it is.