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The Picnic

New Korean Cinema 2001 / So-poong / South Korea 1999

The Picnic

Synopsis

A little boy’s parents take him on a picnic. But why do they decide on a desolate forest road instead of the nearby beach? And why do they put sleeping pills in his milk? While his father seals the windows and puts a hose on the exhaust pipe, his mother, walking along the shore, lulls the boy to sleep. Night is coming and with it a storm. . . .

About the film

18 min / Black & white, 35 mm

Director Song Il Gon / Screenplay Song Il Gon / Dir. of Photography Park Sun Uk / Music Park Carl Lin / Editor Ko Young Jae / Producer Cho Soo Jin / Cast Son Byung Ho, Choi Ji Hyoun

About the director


Song Il Gon (b. 1971) studied film at the Art Institute in Seoul and at the Polish National Film School in Lodz. In 1995 he was the winner of the Grand Bell Prize for a short film. Filmography: The Wall (1993), Ophelia Audition (1994), Family Story (1997), The Fishes (1997), Liver and Potato (1998).

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