Merry Go Round
Director PARK So Hyeon | Producer MO Jin Su | South Korea | 40min | Delivery Date: September 2024
Project Description
Director | PARK So Hyeon |
Producer | MO Jin Su |
Production Company | |
Shooting Format | 4K |
Keyword | Family, Female, Care |
Length | 40min |
Language | Korean |
Production Country | South Korea |
Contact | sopark.film@gmail.com |
Production Schedule
Pre-production | 2023. 1. - 2023. 8. |
Production | 2023. 8. - 2024. 3. |
Post-production | 2024. 4. - 2024. 6. |
Delivery | 2024. 9. |
Synopsis
My father, whom I cut off contact for years, reappeared in front of me diagnosed with terminal cancer. The initial emotion I felt at the hospital was not sadness or anger, but a weird embarrassment. The story takes place a year after Dad passed away. Mom suggests visiting Dad's grave. However, when we finally arrive the cemetery park, we get lost and wander around to find Dad's grave. I feel that visiting his grave is awkward and pointless. My younger sister didn't tell anyone about Dad's death, and Mom changes the subject whenever deep emotions seem to come out. I thought that getting lost and wandering Dad's cemetery symbolizes the state of our family's relationship. Only women are left in this family now. We no longer have to deal with Dad's toxic presence in our lives. However, something still seems off, but no one talks about it.I want to break this uncomfortable silence.
Director's Note
In Korea, families are often tied together regardless of the family's history, relationships, and bonds. Many social security systems that support people's lives rely on patriarchal familism. And mostly, women are forced to take that role. Merry-Go-Round is a story looking back our memories and find what 'family' really means and which 'role' we tried to play throughout our lives. Even though we don't have to deal with dad's toxic presence anymore, the concept of an 'absent father or husband' still affects our lives. This film is a journey to understand how old concepts of family have suppressed us and evoke subtle uncomfortable emotions. It's an attempt to track down how intimacy and bond collide with the material and socioeconomic conditions the family is standing and build an alternative relationship between the three women.
 | Sohyeon Park worked as a video journalist at a new media journalism group, Dotface. Graduated with a BA in School of Film, TV & Multimedia, Broadcasting from Korea national university of arts, Republic of Korea. |  | After graduating from Korea University School of Media & Communication, Mo Jisnsu has been working at Dotface as a video journalist |
| Director PARK So Hyeon | Producer MO Jin Su | ||
