4th(2002)
Family Project: House of a Father
Yun Jo
- Korea
- 2001
- 55min
- DV6mmdigital
- color
SYNOPSIS
A portrait of a Korean family living at the time the traditional family system and the modern one coexist. The man who is called “father” in Korea seems to take absolute control over the family but at the same time, he has no place for himself in the family. The film explores masculinity which distorts the relationships among the family members and enforces acceptance by the opposite sex in Korea.
PROGRAM NOTE
A portrait of a Korean family living at the time the traditional family system and the modern one coexist. The man who is called “father” in Korea seems to take absolute control over the family but at the same time, he has no place for himself in the family. The film explores masculinity which distorts the relationships among the family members and enforces acceptance by the opposite sex in Korea.
Director
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Yun JoYun Jo
Studied Consumer and Child Studies and also Sociology at Seoul National University. She further studied film at the Art Institute of Chicago(MFA). Her films include My Love, My Movie(1998), Lullaby(1999) and An Experiment on Gender and Genre(2001).
