HALF
2014, Colour, South Korea, Focus on World Cinema
Production Team
Director :
Kim Se-yeon
Screenwriter :
Kim Se-yeon
Cinematographer :
Kim Hyun-tao
Editor :
Jung Jin-hee
Cast :
An Yong-jun, Jeong Yoo-seok, Song Young-kyu
Film production and Sales :
Prod.: JO Chang-ho, Mindullae Pictures, 3F Deungwoo Building, 589-17 Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu, Séoul (Corée du Sud), [email protected]
Synopsis
Working at a transgender bar, Min-a is a female with male genitals. When her colleague is assaulted by a male customer, she steps in to help, only to accidentally kill the assailant. In court, Min-a insists that she had no choice, that she had to protect her colleague. But the decision doesn’t go in her favour. By harking on her sexual identity, the prosecutor presents the case as if the murder were a result of jealousy, and Min-a’s own lawyer largely ignores her situation. Not until Min-a is incarcerated in a men’s jail and is seized with terror, do the human rights issues for transgender people emerge.
Director
South Korean filmmaker Kim Se-yeon graduated from Dongguk University’s drama and film department. HALF is her debut feature. She previously wrote and directed three shorts, Homeward (2005), Dove in the City (2007) and Debut (2010) as well as the television series, Bon Appetit (2009).
Projections
Saturday September 5, 2022 - 02:30 PM - CINÉMA QUARTIER LATIN 13
Sunday September 6, 2022 - 11:00 AM - CINÉMA QUARTIER LATIN 13
Buy my Ticket
Share
