YOUTH
The complexities of growing up has spurred a whole genre of Coming-Of-Age. Understanding the world from the youths’ perspective provides a unique experience and highlights how precocious adolescents can be when it comes to interacting with their environment. Directed by Lee Ji Eun, THE HILL OF SECRETS is a notable example in Korean Cinema of exceptional portrayal of a teenager’s personal encounters and emotions.
THE HILL OF SECRETS
비밀의 언덕
Director: LEE Jieun
Cast:
MOON Seung-a, JANG Sun, LIM Sun-woo
2023 | Coming-of-Age | 122min | PG | Korean with English Subtitles
12-year-old Myung-eun is exceptionally emotionally sensitive. However, she has a secret she keeps to herself. That secret is her family, as they are not the family she wants.
Myung-eun’s teacher recognizes her talent in literature and suggests she enters a writing contest. As she learns more and more about the world through writing, her conflict with her family grows.
Under the contest’s theme of ‘Family’, Myung-eun decides to write the most honest, risky, and terrifying truth about her own family.
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Free Admission Screening:
28 October 2023, Saturday, 1.30pm, GV Suntec City