In this omnibus film series produced by the National Human Rights Commission, Park Jungbum explores relating to the handicapped, Lee Sangcheol and Shin Aga turn their camera on the elderly and Min Youngkeun looks at conscientious objection to military service. In Dear Duhan, Duhan suffers from brain lesions. His friend has always felt bad for Duhan but nonetheless steals an iPad from him one day. Director Park explores the conflict and friendship between a so-called normal and a handicapped person. In Bong-gu on Delivery Shin and Lee tell the tale of an old man who helps a child find his way home, only to be accused of kidnapping. And Min talks about a Jehovah’s Witness who has just been drafted and must say goodbye to his mother in Ice River, a melodrama about a man who chooses to go to prison for his conscientious and religious objections to bearing arms. Having divorced her husband in order not to send her son to prison, his mother cannot accept her son’s choice.
Writing
Park Jung-bum's 'Dear Duhan'—friendship without redemption
Acting
Kil Hae-yeon's silent grief in 'Ice River'

Director
Park Jung-bum
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Korea's Jehovah's Witnesses face mandatory military service with no alternative—'Ice River' dramatizes a real legal battle that wouldn't change until 2019.
Park Jung-bum based 'Dear Duhan' on his own friend with disabilities, refusing easy sentimentality—he wanted audiences to feel the friction, not just the tears.
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