[CAC SERIES] A HAUNTING HITCHHIKE - EXCLUSIVE SCREENING

A HAUNTING HITCHHIKE - EXCLUSIVE SKYPE Q&A SESSION

Meet the director, Heejae Jeong for an exclusive Post-Screening exclusive Skype Q&A session on 16 Nov.

Presented by Singapore Film Society & Filmgarde Cineplex, A HAUNTING HITCHHIKE is the fifth feature film to be showcased in The Contemporary Asian Cinema (CAC) Series celebrating critically acclaimed Asian auteurs and their works.


A HAUNTING HITCHHIKE

Details

Director: Heejae Jeong
Lead actors: Jeong-eui Roh, Hee-soon Park, Go-Eun Kim, Hak-Sun Kim, Dae-gun Kim, Ji-hye Yoon
Country: South Korean
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English
Rating: PG13
Duration: 108 mins


Synopsis

[Part of the Contemporary Asian Cinema Series co-organized by Filmgarde and the Singapore Film Society]
Sixteen-year-old Jeong-ae lives with her father in a redevelopment area in Seoul. Her father is diagnosed with terminal cancer, but has given up and is awaiting death. He tells her that everything becomes easy when you give up life than try to survive. However, Jeong-ae refuses to accept his idea and tries to overcome the hardships of their life.

One day, a letter arrives for Jeong-ae from her mother, who had left her a long time ago. Believing that finding her long lost mother is her last hope, she decides to contact her.

On her journey, she finds someone she thinks may be a friend’s birth father. Given the chance to stay at his house, she is attracted to this man as a father, rather than her bedridden one. It appears that Jeong-ae misses a father figure that can be a strong, warm hedge around her, more so than a biological blood relation. However, this is a longing that must be overcome with maturity. She concluds to go out again in search of her mother.

Awards

Won the Audience Award at the Pitch & Catch program of Seoul International Women’s Film Festival

Reviews

"What makes Jeong-ae intriguing as a character is that she's largely incapable of being proactive. Her solutions to problems basically consist of begging other people to solve problems for her, which works about as well as you can expect."
- William Schwartz, HanCinema

"Although the story takes a sudden melodramatic turn during its last act, the movie keeps maintaining its calm, detached attitude while letting us more emotionally involved in Jung-ae’s increasingly depressing circumstance, and we are served with several quiet but powerful moments to remember. "
- Seongyong, kaist455

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