New Korean Cinema 2001 / Mool Ahn Kyung / South Korea 2000
A young girl named Ji Young feels that swimming is essential for life. But in order to head straight towards her goal without becoming distracted, she must overcome her fear and open her eyes under water. In this way she’ll be better able to see her first love, though her beloved will soon meet an unexpected fate.
34 min / Black & white, 35 mm
Director Lee Soo Youn
/ Screenplay Lee Soo Youn
/ Dir. of Photography Chi Young Taek
/ Music Kim Sun Hyun
/ Editor Lee Soo Youn, Kyung Min Ho
/ Producer Lee Soo Youn
/ Cast Kim Bang Sun, Noh Mi Ran, Lee Ji Young, Jung Jin Oh, Lee Kyung Joo
Lee Soo Youn (b. 1970) studied at the Women’s University in Ewha, at the Korean Film Academy and at university in Chung Ang. Goggles won the Main Prize at the festival of short film in Pusan 2000. She has also made Nobody Knows What Happend in the Beginning (1995), Survival Game (1995), Refrigerator Story (1996) and La (1998).
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