Korean Documentaries Opening Today 2023/01/11 in Korea

Published on 2023/01/11 | Source

Korean documentaries opening today 2023/01/11 in Korea: "Girl Who Dreams About Time" and "The Teachers: Pink, Nature Trail, Ridge Between Rice Paddies, Plum"

"Girl Who Dreams About Time" (2022)

Directed by Park Hyuckjee

Synopsis
Sujin and her grandmother are shamans living in the mountains. It's their important daily routine to offer purified water to gods and tell the fortune for troubled hearts. During high school, Sujin works hard to go to college to escape her fate, but the excitement of busy college life deepens conflict with her grandmother. Eventually, Sujin accepts her fate and becomes a full-time shaman.

23rd Jeonju International Film Festival

"The Teachers: Pink, Nature Trail, Ridge Between Rice Paddies, Plum" (2022)

Directed by Hwang Da-eun, Park Hong-yeol

Synopsis
In Seongsan-dong, Mapo-gu, there is a 25-year community village after-school program created by teachers, children, and parents. There are 60 children and five teachers living together from the first to sixth graders. The school was closed due to the sudden COVID-19 pandemic, but this place rather increases operating hours.

As COVID-19 continues to social distancing, after-school teachers can do less and do more. In this place where play is the most important, children cannot go out due to COVID-19, and teachers prepare lunch themselves and take care of 60 children from morning to evening.

The longer the COVID-19, the longer the meeting to protect the children's play routine, and the after-school teachers in the village get tired. Village after-school teachers also face limitations as they endure only the value of raising children together in the village without being called a teacher both inside and outside.

The documentary tells the story of after-school teachers in the village, who have been protecting children on behalf of schools that have been closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but are not socially called teachers and care workers who are not even recognized for a year of experience even after 10 years of work.