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ROH Jin

Korea202321min World Premiere

Synopsis

Dong Jin, the owner of a mask manufacturing factory, brings his son to the emergency room. Because his son gets bitten by a dog with the rabies. While he is at the hospital, the factory workers fight over the future of struggling company.

Program Note

The son of Dong-Jin, who operates a mask factory, is bitten by a dog with rabies. Inspired by the rare dissociative identity disorder, known as Boanthropy, where a person believes they are a cow, Dong-Jin’s mysterious story unfolds. The pervasive sense of anxiety throughout the film exerts its power over the face of actor Kim Cheolyun. (SEO Eunyoung)

Diretor

ROH Jin

Born in 1996. Graduated Korea National University of Arts, Department of Film Making. His directorial short UNZO (2020) was invited to the 53th SITGES International Fantastic Film Festival, and the 19th Florence Korea Film Festival, and awarded at the 11th Chungmuro Short independent Film Festival.