April 28th, 7:00PM in Garland 104 (2441 E. Hartford)
There are many issues when attempting to look into North Korean cinema. On the practical side, they do not believe in providing any kind of credits, or even the year. The government does have something of a registry listing films that they deem important, but even then the basic information provided about a given film is far from certain except in a very few cases.
Setting aside the practicalities, North Korean cinema is a non commercial, highly controlled medium in which the tone can shift from bluntly overt to surprisingly subtle in the span of a moment. This particular film is set in 1951 and tells the story of a group of soldiers who are being replaced in the front line after serving their rotation. But on the way home they find enemy troops are about to make a breakthrough and it is up to them to pull together to save the country.
North Korea, Director Kang Jung Mo, Cast Choe Pong Sik, Pyon Mi Hyang and Choe Tae Hyon, 80 minutes, in Korean with English subtitles.
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