11th(2009)
NAM Hyo-ju
Synopsis
Jeong-yoon suffers from people\'s suspicious looks whenever she uses a public restroom: she does not look feminine enough in people\'s eyes. Why is it so difficult for a woman to live in peace unless she clearly displays her sex in a way that the society agrees? The film brilliantly reconstructs an incident that any woman who feels uncomfortable to \'disguise as a woman\' may have experienced.
Program Note
Jeong-yoon suffers from people¡¯s suspicious looks whenever she uses a public restroom: she does not look feminine enough in people¡¯s eyes. Why is it so difficult for a woman to live in peace unless she clearly displays her sex in a way that society wants her to? The film brilliantly reconstructs an incident that any woman who feels uncomfortable to ¡®disguise herself as a woman¡¯ may have experienced. Also, the film points us to the activities of local media communities for women such as ¡®Find_A¡¯ which is responsible for the film¡¯s distribution in Korea. (Jay SOHN)
Synopsis
Jeong-yoon suffers from people\'s suspicious looks whenever she uses a public restroom: she does not look feminine enough in people\'s eyes. Why is it so difficult for a woman to live in peace unless she clearly displays her sex in a way that the society agrees? The film brilliantly reconstructs an incident that any woman who feels uncomfortable to \'disguise as a woman\' may have experienced.
Program Note
Jeong-yoon suffers from people¡¯s suspicious looks whenever she uses a public restroom: she does not look feminine enough in people¡¯s eyes. Why is it so difficult for a woman to live in peace unless she clearly displays her sex in a way that society wants her to? The film brilliantly reconstructs an incident that any woman who feels uncomfortable to ¡®disguise herself as a woman¡¯ may have experienced. Also, the film points us to the activities of local media communities for women such as ¡®Find_A¡¯ which is responsible for the film¡¯s distribution in Korea. (Jay SOHN)
NAM Hyo-juNAM Hyo-ju
Nam Hyo-ju is a member of Daegu Women¡¯s Film Community ¡®FIND-A.¡¯ Her works include I am a Parenthesis, as well as Saving Smoking Girls (co-directed with Kim Sang-hyun), which was played at the 7th IWFFIS and won great support from the audience.