12è FFCP - the 6 DAYS Struggle AT Myong-Dong Cathedral 명성, 그 6일의 기록 - Cinéma Publicis Champs Elysées

Ce documentaire retrace les six jours d’affrontements à la cathédrale de Myong-dong, qui ont conduit au soulèvement démocratique de juin 1987. Dans la nuit du 10 juin, un groupe de manifestants poursuivi par la police s’est réfugié par le hasard des circonstances dans le cathédrale de Myong-dong. Leur lutte et leur espoir, ainsi que la situation politique de l’époque, sont racontés dans le film par diverses sources et témoignages.

KIM Dong-won is like a godfather to Korean documentaries. As the leader of [PURN Production], a documentary production house that focused on unearthing the contradictions of Korean society from a progressive viewpoint. Purporting to make “good,” rather than “fun” movies, his camera zoomed straight in on the dark corners of the society, places full of contradictions, and refuges of the socially disadvantaged. KIM’s works provided textbook examples to Korea’s documentary directors that followed in his footsteps. His debut movie, (1987), deals with people of Sangye-dong, an area of Seoul that was torn down by the government only because the area was “not easy on eyes” in the years leading up to the Seoul Olympics of 1988. In (2004), arguably his best work, KIM Dong-won’s camera followed in breathing distance the lives of unconverted long-term pro-North Korea prisoners in South Korean jails. Devoid of any traces of exaggeration or direction, shows the power of a documentary by capturing the essence of the subjects through long and candid takes

1997 - 74 min