Lee Jeong Hyang and Lim Soon Rye are two women film directors whose well-rounded works are gaining ground in a film industry where the rules of the game are still tipped against women.
Chun Hee is the kind of woman that any woman could easily identify with in reality. Despite this, she is a very special character simply because of the fact that the image of women has been so distorted in Korean films.
Instead of adding to the myths and fantasies about twenty-something women, the film gathers the trivial fragments of life to create a very real character. That was why
Lim's interest in masculine society and culture continues in her latest work
The film is about 'Waikiki Brothers' who have given up hope and yet desperately search for at least a shadow of hope. Through them, Lim draws out in wretched detail the haggard lives of our brothers and the superficial relationships between them. Lim sticks to the ordinariness of everyday life while criticizing the fascism that lurk in it through depictions of masculine violence. At the same time, she also quietly asks questions about the values of life that we are slowly losing.
These two women directors are dear to us because they open our eyes to values that were pushed aside in the majority of Korean movies. They breathe new life into all-too-real female characters or point out the violence of masculine culture that has gone unnoticed because it has become the norm. And another thing. The fact that the two women are healthy role models for the numerous women who are dreaming of a career in the film industry makes our expectations all the greater.
