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Crack of the Halo

New Korean Cinema 2001 / Haetbit Jaleuneun Ayee / South Korea 1997

Crack of the Halo

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 film

17 min / Black & white, 35 mm

Director Kim Jin Han / Screenplay Kim Jin Han / Dir. of Photography Kim Yoon Soo / Music Eo-Eo-Bu / Producer Jung Yoo Sik / Cast Yejin Yim, Eunah Heo, Keunsik Kim

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).

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