I – the director and main character of Patriotic Girl – live with my father, an exemplary civil servant, and my mother, a women rights activist. When I was little, I had to go to protests because of my mom who thinks ‘patriotism’ is to fix iniquitous systems. I also had to take part in enhancing the country’s reputation faithfully due to my patriotic dad. My parents’ professions seemed incompatible, but they both believed in making a better country. I presented myself as a patriot out of admiration for my parents, but I discovered irony and dilemmas in their believed-to-be-perfect patriotism, and I struggle to go beyond their boundaries.

Then, when I became an adult, the impeachment and #MeToo social movements play out. My father faces a dilemma where he still needs to work for the incumbent government in the current situation. My activist mother walks on eggshells with protests as she is now a government official. Seeing them, I rethink and pose a question about ‘patriotism’.  What kind of citizen should I become?