Blow a Candle, Make a wish
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Overview
Sungil and Sunhye blow out candles and make wishes on their fifth anniversary.
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Review
For a 9-minute long-take, a couple who have been together for 5 years have a conversation. The man is an aspiring actor, and the woman is a filmmaker. The man says he wants to write an autobiographical screenplay. To create the film, he suggests they use the money they had been saving up for a trip the woman had been excited about. This isn’t the first time the woman has rejected such a proposition. Where does this ongoing argument leave their relationship? Then, the scene changes into black and white. Is this from the film they ended up creating? Is it a glimpse into their past? Is it an imagined, different time? The film sparks tension and curiosity from the gap between the given information and what the viewer can see onscreen. By placing the two ambiguous worlds side by side, Blow a Candle, Make a wish has a unique ability to suck viewers into a deep analysis of the words, gazes, and actions of the characters. (KIM Byeonggyu)
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Credit
- DirectorLEE Da-young
- ProducerKIM Byungha
- ScreenplayLEE dayoung
- CinematographyLEE Jungjune, JO Eunjin
- EditorLEE Da-young
- SoundKIM Hyeongyu
- CastKIM Yeji, KIM Wootaek
Film Source
Cactusmansion⎜cactusmansion@naver.com
Director
LEE Da-young
Born in 1995. She directed The Bird We Saw Once (2020), The Gleaming (2021), Cacti (2022).
