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21st(2019)



LEE Sukgyung

  • Korea
  • 2018
  • 75min
  • DCP
  • color
  • Documentary

SYNOPSIS

A Corner Shop tells the story of a small store that has faced several difficulties throughout its existence. The store's name is Cat on a Picnic, a social enterprise that opened in 2011, that makes and delivers lunch boxes. Here, adults support young people who have chosen not to attend school by helping them hold down jobs, which in turn gives them a chance at an independent life. It is an alternative community where the CEO and employees call each other by nicknames, and share concerns about building relationships and supporting independence, as well as working together to make and share profit. These things seem incompatible at first glance, but Cat on a Picnic marches onward, ceaselessly facing the challenges of time and the inevitability of change.
This film documents Cat on a Picnic from 2014 to 2017. Over the course of three years, the store¡¯s size, labor intensity, and sales have seen changes. The store started out in a 10-pyeong space, with sales of less than 5 million a month. While enjoying a lively and comfortable space, everyone wondered how it would survive the cold realities of the world. Yet since opening, the store has not only survived but enjoyed a surprising growth in sales, but some wonder if the store will be able to retain its original energy and spirit. A Corner Shop portrays a community that is shaken by intense questions about life and work but refuses to give up reaching out to people, and also asks these questions of its viewers as it shares its journey. [SON Sinae]

Director

  • LEE SukgyungLEE Sukgyung

    Majoring in Women¡¯s Studies, LEE worked as a feminist culture and arts organizer, commentator and editor until she entered KAFA at the age of 45 and started her career as a director. She received the NETPAC award at the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival with her first feature-length film The Day After and the Ockrang Award at the 14th Seoul International Women¡¯s Film Festival with her feature documentary Wandering Stars. In 2014 she joined the production of omnibus feature What to Say with other female directors. She employs various styles of feminist filmmaking within her documentaries and feature films. She recently completed the feature-length documentary A Corner Shop.

Credit

  • ProducerKIM Hyejung
  • Cast PARK Jinsuk,HONG Sejung,WON Hyunjoo
  • Cinematography KIM Gooyoung
  • Editor LEE Sukgyung
  • Sound PRO Yongsoo