18th(2016)
Lyn ELLIOT, Nina FRENKEL
Korean Premiere
Animation Growth/Independence
After reading her teenage diary, Lydia goes back in time to talk some sense into her younger self.
Lydia, who is in her thirties, discovers
her teenage diary by chance one day. In that diary, Lydia finds her teenage
self and her stories that remain intact from years ago, the pages documenting
her worries about her relationships with her friends, her relationship with her
boyfriend, and her insecurities about her body and appearance. The much older
present Lydia wants to liberate the teenage Lydia that is trapped inside her.
However, she finds herself becoming once again that teenage Lydia, worrying and
brooding over the same problems. Older Lydia decides to accept her teenage
self, immature and naïve but true to her own feelings, and to let her be -
because she finds that the older, present day Lydia is living fine without any
regrets. [Sunah KIM]
SYNOPSIS
After reading her teenage diary, Lydia goes back in time to talk some sense into her younger self.
Program Note
Lydia, who is in her thirties, discovers
her teenage diary by chance one day. In that diary, Lydia finds her teenage
self and her stories that remain intact from years ago, the pages documenting
her worries about her relationships with her friends, her relationship with her
boyfriend, and her insecurities about her body and appearance. The much older
present Lydia wants to liberate the teenage Lydia that is trapped inside her.
However, she finds herself becoming once again that teenage Lydia, worrying and
brooding over the same problems. Older Lydia decides to accept her teenage
self, immature and naïve but true to her own feelings, and to let her be -
because she finds that the older, present day Lydia is living fine without any
regrets. [Sunah KIM]
Lyn ELLIOT, Nina FRENKELLyn ELLIOT, Nina FRENKEL