28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
On Guard
director: Jeamin Cha
original title: On Guard
country: Republic of Korea (South Korea)
year: 2018
running time: 18 min.
synopsis
The film is a skit on the parallels between a caretaker and a security guard embodied by the character of a young man who keeps watching over everything all the time. Repetitive and automated everyday tasks are accentuated by monotonous aesthetics of the camera and a slow-moving pace, introducing the audience into the world of Korean pragmatic mentality and sense of responsibility.biography
Korean director Jeamin Cha (1986) graduated in arts & design in London and Seoul. Her work, balancing on the borderline of film, video art and visual arts deals with relations of political power to individual freedom.more about film
| director: | Jeamin Cha |
| cast: | Jongook Yang |
| producer: | Shinjae Kim |
| photography: | Gookhyun Kang |
| music: | Minwhee Lee |
