Crack of the Halo

Colour, 35mm
Korea, 1997, 17 min
Section: New Korean Cinema

Synopsis

A girl remains in a locked room. A small child clings to her back, and she has marbles and a paper butterfly in her hand. She plays with the sun’s rays and climbs up to the window. The child doesn’t survive the fall. The next day a candle is shining instead of the sunlight. The paper butterfly burns in the flame, and maybe the whole house, too.

About the director

Kim Jin Han (b. 1968) began his career with the short films Dead End (1992) and Contempt (1994). He also worked on the production side of Runaway (1996) and Christmas in August (1997), and wrote the scripts for the short films The Wooden Closet (1999) and Junk-Man (2001).