Film Information
Year: 2024
Duration: 96
Language: VOSE
Genre: Drama
Synopsis
As a result of mutual sacrifice, the couple Sun-Woo and Hee-Suh manage to buy a small apartment in the city center. Once settled, Sun-Woo loses his job and injures his leg, while Hee-Suh is severely affected by the responsibility of paying the mortgage and carrying the household chores. A striking smell runs through the halls of the building until it reaches the confines of the couple’s abode. The progressive stench only increases Sun-Woo’s persistence in tracking down its source. The atmosphere becomes increasingly oppressive, bringing the couple’s stress level to a fever pitch. The building’s facilities, silent witnesses to the different events, remain unchanged, in contrast to the growing tension that pushes the story to a suspenseful conclusion.
Director
Kangyu Garam is one of the founders of the Alternative Cultural Club, Girls Play Girls. She was an assistant director on the documentary The Girl Princess (2011) and as a director she received the Best Korean Documentary Award for her film My Father’s House at the 3rd DMZ International Documentary Festival. She has collaborated with female documentary filmmakers for the feature-length documentary Let’s Dance (2014). Among her best-known works is Itaewon (2016), a documentary about the lives of women who lived in an American military town and their experiences, which won at the Wildflower Film Awards in Korea. Throughout her production, we can discern her commitment to research and awareness of gender perspective and feminism, as confirmed in the first project carried out in the field of fiction, Lucky, Apartment (2024).
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