Program

HONG Ki-seon: The Cinema Beyond Suppression

The Road Taken

HONG Ki-seon|Korea|2003 |108min |Color |Feature / Drama, Society, Anticommunism |15+

Code	Time	Theater	Rate	GV
724	7/20 17:00 - 18:48	Bucheon City Hall, Fantastic Cube(1F)

724	7/20 17:00 - 18:48Bucheon City Hall, Fantastic Cube(1F)

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Program Note

Kim Sunmyung, a man with communist beliefs who refused to recant his ideals, would ultimately serve more than 42 years in prison. Based on a true story, the film tells of personal conviction and dignity.

Director

HONG Ki-seon

Hong Ki-seon, who is part of the first generation of the Korean independent film movement, made the initial independent film organization named ‘Seoul Film Collective’(later on to be known as ‘Seoul Visual Collective’). He directed Cutting the Sorrow With a Knife Stuck in the Chest (1992), which was his debut film, and The Road Taken (2003), Where the Truth Lies (2009). The Discloser (2016) is his posthumous work.