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HOMMAGE (2021)
  • Director SHIN Su-won
    Year 2021
    Status Completed
    Genre drama
    Starring LEE Jung-eun, KWON Hae-hyo, TANG Jun-sang
    Running Time 108 min.
    Country of Production South Korea
    Festival & Awards 34th Tokyo International Film Festival - Competition
    18th Glasgow Film Festival
    20th Florence Korean Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize
    23rd Jeonju International Film Festival
    69th Sydney Film Festival
    21st Tribeca Film Festival - Viewpoints
    42nd Hawaii International Film Festival - Spotlight on Korea
    Synopsis Ji-wan is a 49-year-old female film director. After her 3rd film was shunned by audiences, she has been struggling for her 4th film. Moreover, she is in difficulties because her husband stops support-ing her financially. Meanwhile, a request comes from the film archive asking her to restore an old film. After noticing that some scenes were cut off , Ji-wan decides to find the film footage of miss-ing scenes. On the journey back to the 60s, Ji-wan meets the old filmmakers who enable her to take a glance at the world and life through their eyes. Then she begins to ask herself questions. What is movie to her? And what is life?
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