Country: South Korea
Year: 2022
Duration: 62'
A creature born in an abandoned mattress travels around the country feasting on its victims’ vertebrae, struggling to break free from the bed, the mold, and its past.
Biography
film director
Syeyoung Park
(South Korea, 1996) is a filmmaker based in Seoul. He graduated from Korea National University of Arts Film major (BFA) and Video Arts major (MFA). His first short film Cashbag (2019) premiered at the Mise- En-Scene Film Festival in 2019 where it won the Best Editing Award. Followed by the short films Godspeed (2020), presentato al Festival di Busan, The Gold Knife (2021), Luxury Staycation (2021) and Vertigo (2021). His first feature film, The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra (2022) was selected and won three awards at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival.
FILMOGRAFIA
Cashbag (cm, 2019), Godspeed (cm, 2020), Between the Hotel and City Hall (cm, 2020), The Gold Knife (cm, 2021), Luxury Staycation (cm, 2021), Vertigo (cm, 2021), The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra (2022).
Declaration
film director
“Where do all the promises, curses, scraps and unfinished businesses go when a relationship ends? In this film, these abstract lumps hardened to create a mold on the bed two lovers once occupied. This film journeys to the end of the mold-covered beds petty life and the many different lovers it meets on the way. If we keep to the journey, I hope we might be able to catch a glimpse of where all these bits and scraps, promises and curses end up and what is awaiting them there.”
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR, SCREENPLAY: Syeyoung Park. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Syeyoung Park. FILM EDITING: Syeyoung Park. PRODUCTION DESIGN: In Jeon, Terri Kim. COSTUME DESIGN: In Jeon, Terri Kim. MUSIC: Minhee HAN. SOUND: Kwanhee Yoon, Kyubin Yoon. CAST: Jihyeon Park, Hyein Moon, Seokyoung Haam. PRODUCERS: Syeyoung Park, Jihyeon Park.
CONTACT:
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