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Uncomfortable Eyes, Uncomfortable Truth

PARK Ka-young, YOU Seok-hyun
  • Korea
  • 2011
  • 18min
  • DV
  • Color
Youth Competiton

Synopsis

Going to an obstetrician is not a big deal, but what if you saw one of your friends go there? You’d probably think she has been ‘knocked up’. And a lot of teenagers don’t have enough knowledge about contraception, even though they think getting pregnant would be a nightmare. The directors became curious: what is wrong with these teenagers’ sexuality? So they set out on an investigation of their own. They visit convenience stores to buy condoms and interview Ms. Ku Seong-ae, a famons specialist in sex education. They sift through statistics and observe sex education classes. In their investigation, the directors uncover several uncomfortable truths: that teenagers are locked into a conservative sex-culture; that they are being given superficial, meaningless sex education; and that they familiarize themselves with sex by watching porn. Through these facts, the directors came to see society’s double standard for sexuality, and its pretentious attitude toward sex. In the end, this film turns out to be an insolent(!) question that reveals the insolent(!) attitude of the grown-ups, who explain that ‘beautiful encounter’ with ‘flowers and bees’. (KANG Seol-hwa)

Director

  • PARK Ka-young
    Park Ka-young is a student of Korean Animation Highschool, majoring in film direction. She was an assistant director for Soggoop-jang-nahn, and she has directed her first documentary film. Her aspiration is to be an ad film director with her own style.

    불편한 시선, 불편한 진실 Uncomfortable Eyes, Uncomfortable Truth (2011)
  • YOU Seok-hyun
    You Seok-hyun has had an interest in videos since middleschool and has made various UCC’s and documentary films. He won a grand prize in a film competition held by MBC, Korea Communications Commission and the Province of Gyeongsangnam-do. He is now a second-grader in Korean Animation Highschool, a film direction major.

    불편한 시선, 불편한 진실Uncomfortable Eyes, Uncomfortable Truth (2011)
    부재중전화 A Missed Call (2010)

Credits

  • Directors, Writers  PARK Ka-young, YOU Seok-hyun
  • Cinematographer  PARK Ka-young
  • Editor, Music  YOU Seok-hyun

E-mail

  • E-mail  touch_ya@naver.com