K-docs

Mother's Accounting Book

Project Description

Director	SUNG Seungtaek
Producer	SONG Hyunyoung
Production Company	Ccorporation
Contact	cinematography@jj.ac.kr

Budget

Total	260,000,000 KRW
Still Required	60,000,000 KRW

Logline

A mother's account book with early Alzheimer's disease is found.

Between 48 years of records and forgotten, I want to understand why my mother wrote an account book and her life as a woman.

Synopsis

This film is composed of records from the account book, interviews with my mother, daily life, memory recollections, and other relevant footage. The records in the account book correspond to modern Korean history which underwent rapid changes. In 2017, records in the accounts, which were like records of survival, stopped. Do I know everything about the life of my mother during the turbulent times from when she was a young girl to now a grandmother? amid a history of military dictatorship and mail-dominated industrialization, would our mothers affirm and be satisfied with their past lives? There is only a short time for my mother to remember. I want to slow down my mother's fading memories through the time provided my cinema. In addition, I want to record my time as a son with my mother.

Director's Statement

How much did I actually know about my mother? Was she happy as a "person" as opposed to her happiness as a "mother"? By discovering the account book that my mother wrote for 48 years, I discovered a mother I did not remember. Although the past is clearly recorded in the account book, my mother's current status seems helpless. We are all destined to face periods of fading memories. This documentary is a search for the meaning of 17,520 days of recorded time, and happiness in my mother's difficult life. For my mother who is currently helpless and confused by early Alzheimer's disease, this documentation process will be a journey to find new memories and the meaning of the past.

	Born in Seoul, South Korea in 1972. He directed two works, including Neighborhood (2016). He won the BIFF Mecena Award in Busan Intl. Film Festival for Neighborhood (2016). Also directed Trip of Blues (2018). Majored in film at Korea National University of Arts. He got involved popular movie (over 20) as a cinematographer.		Born in Busan, South Korea in 1973. The first movie he participated in was Failan (2000). Majored in producing at Graduate school of cinematic content. He is currently working as a producer.
Director SUNG Seungtaek		Producer SONG Hyunyoung

Mother's Accounting Book

💌 Contact: cinematography@jj.ac.kr

Budget

Total	260,000,000 KRW
Still Required	60,000,000 KRW

Synopsis

This film is composed of records from the account book, interviews with my mother, daily life, memory recollections, and other relevant footage. The records in the account book correspond to modern Korean history which underwent rapid changes. In 2017, records in the accounts, which were like records of survival, stopped. Do I know everything about the life of my mother during the turbulent times from when she was a young girl to now a grandmother? amid a history of military dictatorship and mail-dominated industrialization, would our mothers affirm and be satisfied with their past lives? There is only a short time for my mother to remember. I want to slow down my mother's fading memories through the time provided my cinema. In addition, I want to record my time as a son with my mother.

Director’s Statement

How much did I actually know about my mother? Was she happy as a 'person' as opposed to her happiness as a 'mother'? By discovering the account book that my mother wrote for 48 years, I discovered a mother I did not remember. Although the past is clearly recorded in the account book, my mother's current status seems helpless. We are all destined to face periods of fading memories. This documentary is a search for the meaning of 17,520 days of recorded time, and happiness in my mother's difficult life. For my mother who is currently helpless and confused by early Alzheimer's disease, this documentation process will be a journey to find new memories and the meaning of the past.