Deprivation
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Overview
Ji-yeon and Do-jin are exhausted from years of IVF treatment. They don't remember what life was like before. She continues to experience the pain of separation from a child she has never met. Do-jin is worried about her health and wants her to quit, but she can't. "Why can't I be a mother?" She won't give up.
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Review
Ji-yeon, the protagonist of Deprivation, is a woman ready to do anything to get pregnant. Her actions, such as begging other patients to get an anti-miscarriage injection or taking her husband to a location blessed by a shaman to demand sex, goes beyond being ridiculous and becomes almost pathetic. The number of people around her, who understand her position, becomes smaller, and even her husband, who is supposed to share the responsibility for achieving her pregnancy, becomes distant as time goes by. At this point, one would expect the film to play music that comforts or appeases her heart, or to tell a story that would comfort her, but Deprivation just observes her haggard appearance calmly. In the close-up scene of Ji-yeon walking away from a hairdresser without even being able to dry her hair, one might wonder if the director was too harsh. The extremely minimalistic reality shown in Deprivation completes this portrait of a woman devastated by infertility yet striving for pregnancy, who cannot help but head towards it. Kim Seeeun, who plays Ji-yeon and delivers a harsh performance, is equally impressive as the director. It is unusual that Lee Do-jin, who plays Do-jin, also co-directed the film. (MOON Seok)
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Credit
- DirectorKIM Solhae, LEE Dojin
- ProducerKIM Solhae
- ScreenplayLEE Dojin
- CinematographyJEONG Beom
- GafferJEONG Beom
- Production DesignKIM Solhae, LEE Dojin
- EditorKIM Solhae, LEE Dojin
- SoundPARK Enoch
- CastKIM Seeeun, LEE Dojin
Film Source
DGC & Tiger Cinema⎜notaplace@gmail.com
Director
KIM Solhae
Directed a short film Share House (2022). She worked as an assistant director for a feature film The Berefts (2023).
LEE Dojin
Acted in a short film Frame (2022), directed a short film Burden (2022), and acted in a feature film The Berefts (2023).
