Before "The Chaser", Na Hong-jin made a small name for himself with a string of acclaimed student films. The last of these, "Sweat", is a stylized mood piece about exactly what it proclaims. An experimental film at heart, there are nevertheless identifiable characters, and a skeletal quotidian narrative develops -- everyday life recorded by high-speed cameras in extreme close-ups. It doesn't have the serial-killer thrills of "The Chaser", but you might see hints of that film's stark visuals and draining physicality.A beautiful piece of aesthetic work with sweat as a thread. But no one sweats for the same reasons.This ode to sweat, in slow-motion shots with a rhytmic musical accompaniment, presents the daily cycle of a man (and a woman), which is at a certain level also a cycle of life.

十二位導演教你重新認識你還可愛的十二齣短片李嘉誠基金會「香港仁 愛香港」公益行動繼「Love Ideas, Love HK集思公益計劃」、「人間有情」香港寧養服務計劃與「寧舍」後，夥拍選址於天水圍的社會企業〈天比高創作伙伴賽馬會策動創新思維〉共同策劃《你還可愛麼》系列，邀請十二位香港導演炮製十二套不一樣的創意短片，展現嶄新感動方程式以喚醒香港人的無限愛心。是次參與的導演計有杜汶澤、卓韻芝、張經緯、郭子健、麥曦茵、麥婉欣、黃精甫、秦小珍、崔允信、曾翠珊、梁碧芝及盧鎮業，演出的演員包括農夫、泰迪羅賓、林雪、鄒凱光、邵音音、林二汶和尹光等，製作團隊成員則包括音樂人陳奐仁、唱片騎師 DJ Tommy及陳輝陽等等。《你還可愛麼》十二位導演以獨有的社會觸覺與電影風格，訴說十二個香港故事，題材涉及關心社會、關懷社區、關愛長者、積極抗病、家庭和睦、環境保護、跨代共融、公德守禮、助人為樂、尋找理想、急促生活以及人際關係等。《你還可愛麼》同時提供機會讓天比高的年輕人參與錄像製作和工作坊，與導演們互動切磋，讓年輕人可從多位導演與專業製作團隊的指導下，踏進創意工業的實戰場地，提升各類型的創作技巧，合力推動青春創意，與一眾電影「仁」以行動關愛香港。「香港仁 愛香港」去年九月推出，旨在透過集結科技、公益和社區觸覺的力量，推展嶄新的互動公益概念，一同建設大家心目中理想的香港。

Nothing really looks what it really is when you look from a distance and so is Jinwoo’s quiet life, far from the hectic, stressful city life, tucked away in the beauty of the Korean countryside, welcomed with open arms by a loving new “family” that has accepted, on their sheep ranch, him and Seol, his wonderful niece who he loves as if she were his own daughter.But when Park Kun-young's careful and precise direction begins to focus on the details of Jinwoo's existence, slowly revealing his restless soul, we gradually discover the complexity of the reasons that led to Jinwoo's extreme choice to retire in the countryside to live like a shepherd.The arrival at the ranch of Jinwoo’s longtime male friend from university, Hyunmin, upsets all balance. Moonkyeong, the ranch owner’s daughter, who has a crush on Jinwoo, accidentally discover the two men in bed and shortly afterwards Jinwoo’s twin sister, and Seol’s birth mother, shows up at the ranch after years of absence and silence and wants to take her daughter back to Seoul.The community of that small country place, which seemed kind and nice, slowly reveals their true colours and deep disapproval of the two men's relationship. The fragile sandcastle of happiness that Jinwoo has struggled to build is crumbling and the cold, harsh winter is upon him.Giovanna Fulvi

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