<Eve (Jeonyajae)> (1982)

Director : Hwang Gyu-deok
Year of Production : 1982
Genre : Drama/Fiction
Format : 8mm
Running Time : 30 minutes

Synopsis

Hong-cheol is living a dull, tedious life, spending his required time in the army. He gets a call from a friend, and the friend leaves on a plane to go study abroad. He talks to his friend Shin-hee, who doesn’t understand him at all and talks about inconsequential things. He finally is forced to take a rifle into a dark tunnel. (Excerpt from the “I Want to Love Small Movies Compilation”)

Notes

The movie keeps focused on the theme and creates a balanced sense of drama. (Kim Dong-won)
Through drama, the movie portrays the realities and agonies of young men who had to go to the army during the dark political situation of the early 80s.

Director Bio : Hwang Gyu-deok (1960- )

Born in Seoul in 1960. He graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in German and was a member of the Seoul Film Group from his college days, directing short films there. After working as an assistant director for director Im Kwon-taek, he made his directorial debut with the 1990 film, From the last to the first, looking for our class (Koldeungbuteo-ildeungkaji-wooribaneul-chatseumnida). He took a long hiatus from directing after making his 1991 film, Longing for love (Jigeum ulineun salanghago sipda), and made a directorial comeback in 2003 with the movie, Chulsoo&Younghee (Chulsoowa Younghee).