HOMMAGE

By Su-Won SHIN

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Drama - Completed 2021

A woman director, frustrated but struggling to survive in the film industry, meets 60's filmmakers and gets courage to continue her film-making.

Festivals
& Awards

Tokyo - TiffCom 2021
competition
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • KOREA (South)
    • Languages
    • KOREAN
    • Duration
    • 108 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Su-Won SHIN
    • Synopsis
    • Ji-wan is a 49-year-old female film director. After her 3rd film was shunned by audiences, she has been struggling for her 4th film. Moreover, she is in difficulties because her husband stops support-ing her financially. Meanwhile, a request comes from the film archive asking her to restore an old film. After noticing that some scenes were cut off , Ji-wan decides to find the film footage of miss-ing scenes. On the journey back to the 60s, Ji-wan meets the old filmmakers who enable her to take a glance at the world and life through their eyes. Then she begins to ask herself questions. What is movie to her? And what is life?