Proxima Competition 2023 / Birth / South Korea 2022
Jay, a promising young writer, is publishing her new book, while her boyfriend Geonwoo, who teaches at a private language school, is tipped for promotion. They love each other, take care of each other, and have a great rapport. Until an unplanned pregnancy throws them off course. They didn’t want a child and starting a family would jeopardise their career prospects. Yet who’s to have the last word if they can’t agree on a solution to the situation? The Korean director presents a tale eclipsed by a sense of dejection in a subtle portrayal of a couple arriving at a crossroads in their life together. When else should one break the taboos of parenthood and the preconceptions of motherhood than when a woman’s right to decide what happens to her own body is again called into question.
Martin Horyna
155 min / Color, DCP
International premiere
Director Ji-young Yoo
/ Screenplay Ji-young Yoo
/ Dir. of Photography Bo-ra Kim
/ Sound Song-yeol Park
/ Editor Ji-young Yoo, Bo-ra Kim
/ Art Director Yea-seul Hanju
/ Producer Hyun-jun Kwoon
/ Production Indiestory Inc.
/ Cast Hae-in Han, Han-ju Lee , Man-seok Oh, Mi-hyun Park, Hee-jin Choi
/ Sales Indiestory Inc.
Ji-Young Yoo (1984, Daegu, South Korea). Selected filmography: Duck Town (Suseongmot, 2018), Cinema With You (Neowa Gugjangeseo, 2018), Birth (2022).
Indiestory Inc.
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Republic of Korea
Phone: +82 274 36 051, +82 274 360 53
E-mail: [email protected]
Ji-young Yoo
Film Director
Han Hae-in
Actress
Kim Bora
Director of Photography
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