DMZ Industry Projects
Burning Flower
WON Hoyeon
- South Korea
- 80min
- mov
- color
Gender&Sexuality Social&Human Interest
Synopsis
A mountain village near the sky, Jeom-ni, Samcheok-si, in Gangwon-do. Lim Seon-nyeo, who married at the age of 17, is now 67 years old. She was too poor to learn how to write or read."I didn't learn, so I just lived my life without thinking."
Her husband was diagnosed with gastric cancer and soon passed away. He left a will, “Learn how to write and read.” She was dependent on her husband for her entire life, but was now alone. The fear of being left alone was there for a moment, however, she soon learned how to read and write. When she could read Hangul she sold a cow. She began to re-build a house. Her life began again.
Review
Her husband's death was a horrifying event to her. All her life, she had relied on her husband for literacy. Learning Hangul (Korean alphabet) was a terrifying prospect, but soon, she learned how to write her name and how to read each alphabet.In fact, she started doing things that she always wanted to do in her life. "Burning Flower" was her diary which she started writing after all those years. People started calling her name Seon-nyeo instead of "grandma." Her life shines again. In "Burning Flower", this illiterate old lady starts living her own life. She struggles and is scared of many things, but she moves forward gradually one step at a time.
It is time to give her warm support.
Director
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WON Hoyeon
Credit
- Producer김선영 KIM Sunyoung