Sasang: The Town on Sand

Sasang: The Town on Sand

PARK Bae-il • 2020

Duration: 02:12:01
Language: Korean
Subtitles: English
Country/Region: South Korea

A story about the village of Sasang, built on sand, and the beings who live there.

AWARDS & FESTIVALS

Busan International Film Festival

South Korea

2020

Seoul International Eco Film Festival

South Korea

2021

All Living Things Environmental Film Festival

India

2021

DMZ International Documentary Film Festival

South Korea

2021

DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT

PARK Bae-il

PARK Bae-il

Director

Sasang is my hometown of 30 years, and a place that I have been observing for nine years. Sung-hee and Su-young are residents of Sasang, where funerals are held on a daily basis on the graveyards where homes are buried. One has lost his job, and the other failed to keep his community together. The two patriarchs, who were once called the “pillars of industry,” now roam the town of Sasang like ghosts, defeated and depressed. Watching their lives unfold, I have witnessed the vicious nature of the Capital that constantly builds castles of sand only to tear them down. Then, I would ask myself, what should I record, and how? Sasang – The Town on Sand represents my journey looking for answers to this question that has been following me around for all these years.

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