A Petal
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Cast & Crew
Jang Seon-woo
Moon Sung-kuen
Lee Young-ran
Sul Kyoung-ku
Parak Chul-min
Nah Chang-jin
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Synopsis
In this reflection on the 1980 Kwangju massacre, a young woman, nameless and mentally disturbed, wanders the country-side looking for her brother. She finds a man she takes for her brother and follows him to the shed he lives in. But he is an ordinary laborer, not her relative, and he tries to get rid of her by treating her rudely, beating her and finally raping her. She, however, stays...and his attitude toward her begins to soften. Through flashbacks (two of them animated), we learn what the man doesn't know: how the girl's brother died while doing military service, and how her mother was killed on the streets of Kwangju.
Director
Jang Seon-woo
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Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of best Asian cinema feature at the 1998 Bangkok Film Festival.
Shown at Bangkok Film Festival September 18-26, 1998.
Shown at Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in New York City (Walter Reade) June 6-19, 1997.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival October 4-20, 1996.
