24th(2022)
Opening Film (1) | Discovery (12) |
Asian Shorts (20) | I-Teens (6) |
New Currents (26) | The Landscape of Here in Now (5) |
Polemics (6) | Queer Rainbow (7) |
Feminist Collective (9) | The moments with Yeri HAN (10) |
Remembering Oblivion (4) | Restored (10) |
Film X Gender (2) | Barrier Free (1) |
Documentary Ock Rang (2) | Special Screening (1) |
In Memory of KANG Soo-yeon (1) |
Zero CHOU
Korean Premiere
<i>Wrath of Desire</i> is fast and extreme, as if the series were condensed into two hours. In this place where not only smartphones but also regular phones are not available, people have to meet others when they want to communicate. In this place where violence and sex, desire and affection, are mixed, a line is repeated: ¡°The body never lies.¡± However, the body doesn¡¯t lie for ¡°what¡±? Sometimes the body lies about whether ¡°I¡± am female or male. Or is there any problem with the words <i>female</i> and <i>male</i>? Phoenix Du breaks down borders of Jade and Meng Ye breaks down borders of Phoenix Du. This film raises questions of how much the word <i>homosexual</i> includes sexual tendencies as ¡°homosexual¡± and whether it fully includes ¡°my¡± desires. At the same time, it helps to ponder the meaning of crossing borders in terms of ¡°body.¡± In the latter part of the movie, Meng Ye¡¯s Butoh dance reminds the audience of ghosts that cannot belong here or perhaps something that exists but also cannot exist because they cannot be described. The ghost might be used to painfully cry out and finally destroy the body it belonged to. [YU Eunjeong]
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Famous for her aesthetic creativity and philosophical thinking, Chou has won numerous awards at domestic and international film festivals, including at the Golden Horse Awards and at the Berlinale Teddy Awards.