Good news for Seoulites! Leesong Hee-il's new queer film Night Flight (야간비행) is being screened with English subtitles over the Chuseok weekend at Indie Space Theater.
6일 13:50 | 20:00 (Saturday 9/6)
7일 13:50 | 20:00 (Sunday 9/7)
8일 19:00 (Monday 9/8)
9일 13:50 | 20:00 (Tuesday 9/9)
10일 13:50 | 20:00 (Wednesday 9/10)
From Indie Space:
After a tryst with a lover in a derelict, condemned building housing the ‘Night Flight’ gay bar, Yong-ju roams the streets of night-time Seoul and bumps into his ex-best friend, Gi-woong. They are in the same class but have long since gone their separate ways. Having become embroiled in a fight, Gi-woong snatches Yong-ju’s bicycle in order to escape and doesn’t give it back. Yong-ju threatens him, but Gi-woong is impervious to his warnings – his gang is notorious for their cruel bullying of an eccentric classmate named Gi-taek. His attempts to regain their old friendship mean Yong-ju also runs the risk of becoming a target of this terrorising clan, but he refuses to give in. Instead, Yong-ju cleverly draws Gi-woong into a power game of mutual humiliation and burgeoning memories which triggers a dangerous emotional duel. The director of last year’s Panorama film White Night has chosen anonymous and abandoned urban spaces in which to depict the emotional turmoil gripping the two schoolboys. His film is a portrait of a society being eroded by the compulsion to achieve, a society in which there is no place for minorities, friendship or passion.
Indie Space is right next to the Seoul History Museum and a quick walk from exit 7 or 8 of Gwanghwamun station or from exit 4 of Seodaemun station (both on line 5). The following map should help you find your way ^^
