HD, color, 16:9, 22min

 

            Eight years has passed since they became a couple. In the beginning, a man, who has no expression on his face, helps a woman who wears a plaster cast in her legs, to urinate, which suggests how accustomed they are to each other. Nevertheless, this couple is unique. The man wears a plaster cast in his neck and the woman wears one of her legs. It shows that they survived despite a devastating car accident. They act ordinarily despite their injuries, which makes the audience consider “everyday life” as unfamiliar and strange. They eat cookies, solve crossword puzzles, take a trip, and make love. The camera merely gazes at the empty places they have already left.

 

            This film provides as unusual experience. Despite their terrible situation, this couple act too ordinarily, which presents grotesque feeling and pleasure. They try to do whatever they can with their injured bodies. It presents positive energy of a delightful life. However, as I saw this film repeatedly, I realized it looks bizarre and gloomy. Is it because I find the shadow of death in ordinary everyday life? Their ordinary acts may come from their efforts to restrain their angst about death and separation hovering around them. Weirdly, they do not recognize a woman in purple hanging around them. As the woman appears as a figure of death, they are aware of her existence silently. However, they leave the place as if nothing happened. It is not the characters in the film but camera that catches angst about death and boredom hidden in everyday lie. That’s why there is a terrible chill in the space they have occupied. Reviewed by MAENG Soo-jin

 

  • Cinema Digital Seoul Film Festival (2009, Korea)
  • Korea Youth Film Festival (2009, Korea)
  • Young CinemaArt Film Fest (2009, Poland)
  • HongKong Independent Short Film and Video Awards : Asian New Force (2010, HongKong)