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Statement of Selection
This is the story of a daughter diagnosed with anorexia and a mother consumed by guilt—a documentary that garnered significant attention upon its release.

While the film primarily unfolds around the communication struggles between mother and daughter, as a guest programmer, I focus on the intergenerational conflicts and the breakdown of dialogue in contemporary Korean society. The mother, Sangok, is a female intellectual who dedicated herself to South Korean social movements in the 1970s and 1980s, leaving her unable to care for her daughter. In turn, the daughter, Chaeyoung, finds it difficult to understand her mother. Furthermore, although not much screen time is allotted to it, the eating disorder of Sangok's mother—Chaeyoung's grandmother—is also notable. The film reads as a history of modern Korea, touching upon the love-hate relationships, depression, life stories, food, and gender roles spanning three generations of women. The director successfully reconstructs the long-unrecorded voices of women.

A key point for the audience is discovering which character they identify with most, depending on their own perspective. The film is a multi-award winner, recognized at the 25th Seoul International Women's Film Festival, the 11th Muju Film Festival, and the 27th Busan International Film Festival. (JEONG Heejin)

 

 

 

Guest Programmer JEONG Heejin(Scholar of Women’s Studies)

 

She holds a Ph.D. and is a researcher in Women's and Peace Studies, a film critic, and a book reviewer. She is the author of 12 solo books, including The Challenge of Feminism, Revisited, After the Movie Passes Through My Body, and Movies Watched Alone. Additionally, she has edited four volumes, such as The History of the Women's Rights Movement in Korea, and co-authored over 80 books, including the Secret Sunshine Screenplay Book. Her work The Challenge of Feminism was ranked second in the “Best Books of the 21st Century” selected by the online bookstore Aladin, following Han Kang's Human Acts.