Accidental Luxuriance of the Translucent Watery Rebus
Hybrid noir showing in moving collages the hunt for a man who could be anyone. Cigarettes burn. Ash falls. ‘Silence fiction’.
80'
Croatia
IFFR 2021
Baby Woo-rim’s parents are loving, well-groomed – and homeless. They spend every night in a Korean sauna while waiting for an apartment they can move into; but due to circumstances beyond their control, their money troubles just keep piling up. Then Han-gyeol comes up with a solution: there is a house belonging to an elderly woman that they can move into temporarily. So why does he jump every time the doorbell rings? And why is Go-woon absolutely forbidden from entering that one particular room?
Director Lim Seung-hyeun’s debut is based on his own experience: as a child, he and his parents lived for a time in saunas. Homeless is an indictment of the abysmal living conditions in Korea, where expensive flats are built at an incredible pace whilst young people can barely afford a roof over their heads, and no one is interested in the plight of the elderly. An honest, sensitive social drama, with here and there a touch of the supernatural.
IFFR 2021
Programme IFFR 2021
Echoing Rotterdam’s port city identity, IFFR’s newest programme offers a safe haven to the full range of contemporary cinema that the festival champions.
Still: El ventre del mar
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80'
Croatia
IFFR 2021
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102'
Portugal
IFFR 2021
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67'
France
IFFR 2021