The Dwarf Planet
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Overview
Taeyang(meaning the sun in Korean)'s father and brother left home. Taeyang tries not to be like them, but the hysteric mother thinks Taeyang takes after them. Taeyang believes his brother is the only way to cure his mother, but that idea pushes his mother to death, and Taeyang wants to get a refund for the shoes which he gave his mother, lying his brother bought them for her.
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Review
the Dwarf Planet portrays a house as a place of darkness and transition, as it highlights an individual who stands in front of many doors but is prevented from entering the free outside world. Taeyang, who lives with his sickly mother, does not have a room of his own. The single room where his mother spends her days lying down is the same room the boy stands in to eat. It’s a melancholy story that leads the audience to imagine the boy’s inner mind as he takes step after step without expressing any emotion, even after a loss. What especially drives this sadness is Taeyang’s blank face, which seems to have lost all strength. Ironically, the film makes this face its most striking image. (LEE Bora)
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Credit
- DirectorLEE Hocheol
- ProducerLEE Jiyeong
- ScreenplayLEE Hocheol
- CinematographyJEON Sangjin
- GafferJEON Sangjin
- EditorLEE Hocheol
- SoundSONG Hyeonjik, CHOI Jiyeong
- CastJEONG Damin, AHN Minyeong, KIM Junseok, KIM Haneul
Film Source
LEE Hocheol⎜hclee36@gmail.com
Director
LEE Hocheol
Born in Daegu, South Korea, 1992. He directed his first film, the Dwarf Planet (2023).
