Festival (1996 film)

Festival Chukje is a 1996 South Korean drama film directed by Im Kwontaek, and based on the novel of the same title by Lee Cheongjun.

In a sense, the life we enjoy now is the result of how our ancestors have lived. The preceding generations are bound to leave their legacy to the following generationsparents to their children, teachers to their students, and seniors to their juniors. Even a person who seems to lead an independent life by and of himself is strongly influenced by his ancestors. I see the entire process as tremendously beautiful and sincerely dream to show the viewers of my movie the true sense of this ongoing phenomenon. A funeral serves as the starting point for this movie. The funeral is for a warmhearted eightysevenyearold lady who had strived to help those in need throughout her life. Through the motif of the funeral, the most extensively scaled ceremony in life, I have tried to explore the meaning of death and its effects shadowing the bereaved. I have also tried to bring to light the sentiments of the survivors their sorrow, egoism, solemnity and even frivolity. I want to give the viewers who see this film a moment to think about what is truly valuable and precious in our quickly changing world. At this moment, I consider this goal my duty as a director.. Im KwontaekDuring the 2000 InterKorean Summit, North Korean leader, Kim Jongil specifically mentioned Festival along with Im Kwontaeks earlier Chunhyang 2000 as models of the type of cinematic works on which the two Koreas could work together. ........

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