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Living Across the Blue Roof (Blue House)

AHN Soyon

  • Korea
  • 70min
  • DCP
  • color

Synopsis

A grandmother who has endured restrictions-only inhabiting Cheongun-dong and Hyoja-dong can testify; a father who was greatly shocked and joined the student movement after witnessing May 18 in Seoul and flew to Germany; and Soyon who witnessed sinking of the Ferry Sewol as she turned 20 and joined the student movement, after seeing her department consolidated and closed by the Prime Project of the Park Geun-hye government. Microhistorical experiences and testimonies flow out of lives of three generations, revealing clearly how a political event has a close connection to personal lives. The village where guard posts stood here and there during the time of military dictatorship, saw silence, no thieves, enough water and electricity, ironically owed to them. Several restrictions have been withdrawn near the Blue House since the democratic government. After a rally outside 100 meters from the Blue House was allowed for the first time during the protest for impeaching President Park Geun-hye, this village has suffered from frequent rallies and protests. Soyon¡¯s family enjoyed peace and silence in the time when no one could speak but suffers from a rush of voices in the time when every voice can be heard. Their situation asks a question about the way Korea¡¯s democracy has walked, and the way it chooses to walk on. 

Review

The red brick house across from the Blue House, where Soyon¡¯s family has lived for about 50 years, looks seemingly peaceful and silent. But as times and generations have changed, political events have greatly influenced the lives of family members like a vortex. The process contains all the intertwined currents of Korean modern history. Microhistorical testimonies flow out of the lives of Grandmother, Father, and Soyon; that is, three generations clearly reveal how a political event has a close connection to the personal lives of citizens, and also implies the way Korea¡¯s democracy will continue. Soyon¡¯s family enjoyed peace and silence in the time when no one could speak but suffers from a rush of voices in the time when every voice can be heard. By weaving history of Soyon's family and South Korea, this film portrays contemporary South Korea. 

Director

  • AHN Soyon

     

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