The twilight of a world where man and beast live and work side by side in symbiosis based on mutual respect. Choi is an 80-year-old farmer. Besides his wife, helping him work the land for over 30 years has been an ox. This simple story of farm life caught Korean audiences by surprise; despite industrialization and a strong economy, there lingers a nostalgia for the country's rural past. Drawing on his own rural background, it took film director Lee some 5 years to find the right man-ox team. The film won an award at the International Pusan (Busan) Film Festival and was presented at the Sundance Indie Festival, going on to become a box office hit at home, with 3 million tickets sold.
Wyo-nang so-ri
International Title
Old Partner
Genre
Documentary
Country
South Korea
Year
2008
Duration
75'
Goh Young-Jae
Production Companies
Studio Nurimbo
Languages
Korean
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Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Endangered by human actions, the diversity of species is crucial to the harmony of the interconnected ecosystems we inhabit: the implications of its loss and why this issue affects more than just those that go extinct.
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