In celebration of Women's Month 2024, the University of the Philippines (UP) Korea Research Center and UP Film Institute present KOREAN ARTHOUSE CINEMA with the featured film The Widow (미망인) (1955).
The Widow (1955) is the first and last feature directed by the late Park Nam-ok, South Korea's first woman filmmaker. Park was pregnant at the time of the film's production and struggled with a diminishing budget; but in 2001, she declared: "I would give anything to re-live those days." The original film lost its last ten-minute audio, yet the film still stands as a poignant and provocative portrait of women's sexuality and love, motherhood, and marriage in a post-war nation. The Widow, her only film work, received the industry's attention when it was shown in the 1st Seoul International Women's Film Festival in 1997.
Director: Park Nam Ok
Runtime: 75 minutes
Language: Korean with English subtitles
Rating: PG
Read about Director Park Nam Ok: https://eng.koreafilm.or.kr/kmdb/trivia/funfacts/BC_0000005065
Screening is free admission on a first-come, first served basis on March 7, Thursday, 5 p.m. at the UPFI Film Center.
UPFI Film Center
March 2024
Korean Arthouse Cinema: The Widow (미망인)
Mar 7 Thurs 5 p.m.
🎬 Registration starts 1 hour before screen time at the cinema entrance.
🎬 Eating and drinking are not allowed.
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