Sasang: The Town on Sand
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Country/Region:
South Korea
Release Year: 2020
Release Year: 2020
Casts & Crews:
Runtime:
132
minutes
Language:
Korean
Subtitles:
English
Festivals & Awards:
2020 Busan International Film Festival, South Korea
2021 Seoul International Eco Film Festival, South Korea
2021 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival, India
2021 DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, South Korea
2020 Busan International Film Festival, South Korea
2021 Seoul International Eco Film Festival, South Korea
2021 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival, India
2021 DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, South Korea
Tags:
#Labor
#Portrait
#Society
Director‘s Statement:
Sasang is my hometown of 30 years, and a place that I have been observing for nine years. Sung-hee and Su-young are residents of Sasang, where funerals are held on a daily basis on the graveyards where homes are buried. One has lost his job, and the other failed to keep his community together. The two patriarchs, who were once called the “pillars of industry,” now roam the town of Sasang like ghosts, defeated and depressed. Watching their lives unfold, I have witnessed the vicious nature of the Capital that constantly builds castles of sand only to tear them down. Then, I would ask myself, what should I record, and how? Sasang – The Town on Sand represents my journey looking for answers to this question that has been following me around for all these years.
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