Gyeongju
Filmfest 2015
Republic of Korea 2014
Original version with English subtitles
(Original: Korean)
German Premiere
Director: Lu Zhang
Section: International Independents
Choi-Hyeon, a professor in Beijing, travels to South Korea for a friend's funeral. Talking over drinks with another friend, Choi remembers an obscene painting in a teahouse in Gyeongju. The next day Choi heads to that city, where he finds the teahouse only to discover that the painting is no longer there. Still, he continues his journey into the past...
"You have to take into consideration what a teahouse represents in Korea, that space sort of represents a contemplative space (...) So when I really went to a teahouse and saw (an erotic) painting it fascinated me, because it was so contradictory, it represented a contradiction in me, or everyone really. It is the struggle between sexual desire, and the aversion to that feeling... I wanted to explore the contradictory space not only in the teahouse but also within myself."
Lu Zhang in an interview with easternkicks.com
Cast: Hae-il Park, Min-a Shin, Jin-seo Yoon, Tae-Hoon Kim
Credits
Screenplay: Lu Zhang
Director of Photography: Young-jik Cho
Film Editor: Hyung-joo Kim
Composer: Min-gook Kang
Production Designer: Cho-hae Kim
Costume Design: Chan-young Lim
Sound: Bong-soo Kim
Producer: Lu Zhang
Production Company: Lu Film
Co-Producer: Gyeong-chan Na
Co-Production Company: Invent Stone
World Sales: M-Line Distribution
Director: Lu Zhang
