In 2002 the festival in Karlovy Vary organised a retrospective for Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk. A year later he returned to Karlovy Vary to compete with The Coast Guard, later his film Time kicked off the festival, and the distinguished artist also accompanied his documentary Arirang to the festival. This year he came to present the film of his heart, the Korean movie Poetry, as well as the world première of his new feature Stop.
"I shot Stop with a minimum of funding, alone with my camera and with no crew. I picked the actors in Japan," the director said by way of introduction, adding that although Japanese stars wanted to work with him, in light of the controversial subject matter he chose to cast unknown faces.
Stop follows a couple after the Fukushima disaster who are deciding whether to keep the baby they are expecting, which could be born with deformities due to the radioactive fallout. "I wanted to contemplate the expansion of nuclear energy and its dangers from a slightly different perspective. Within ten years there will allegedly be a thousand nuclear power plants in the world. That's why this movie is called Stop," explained Kim Ki-duk.
Further screenings of the film:
11 July 22:00 Congress Hall
