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Kim Jong-boon of Wangshimni

26th(2021) Wide Angle

Family · True Story · History  

  • CountryKorea
  • Production Year2021
  • Running Time102min
  • Format DCP
  • ColorColor
Program Note
The life of Kim Jong-boon, who has been a peddler in Wangshimni for 50 years, is admirable. At the age of 83, she no longer has to earn a living at her street stall, but she keeps working because she still has customers. The same goes for her customers: because Kim Jong-boon is there, they come to her. Kim Jong-boon′s street stall, where people squat and share steamed corn and grilled rice cakes, seems like the smallest and simplest paradise on earth. To overcome the sorrow of her daughter′s death, Kim kept her place in the streets, imagining the world that her daughter had dreamed of. Eventually we learn that she is the mother of the late activist Kim Kuejeong. Director Kim Jin-yeoul, who has keen eyes for those hidden in the shadows of our society, filmed this documentary, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the death of Kim Kuejeong, in an unexpected way. It is an often heartbreaking but warm tribute to a wonderful life. (KANG Sowon)
Director
Director
KIM Jin-yeoul
In 1998, Kim Jin-yeoul began producing documentary films with Handicapped Woman Kim Jin-ok′s Marriage Story (1999), which recorded the marriage of a disabled woman. Later, she won New Documentarist Award at the Seoul International Documentary Video & Film Festival with her private documentary Land to Make Rice (2000). She directed several documentaries including Forgotten Warriors (2004), the story of Park Soonja, a female North Korean partisan during the Korean War, Jin-Ok Sister Goes to School (2007), the sequel of Handicapped Woman Kim Jin-ok′s Marriage Story, and Cruel State (2015), which recorded the truth commission activities of the bereaved families of the Sewol Ferry Disaster.
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Credit
  • Director KIM Jin-yeoul 김진열
  • Producer Stanley KWAK 곽용수
  • Cast Jong-boon KIM 김종분, Kuelim KIM 김귀임, Jungsu KIM 김종수
  • Cinematography Kangmin LEE 이강민
  • Production Company INDIESTORY, Inc.
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