In three chapters, two acclaimed Korean directors probe the state of human compassion in the era of high technology. Across the installments we witness robots attaining Buddhist nirvana, zombie attacks as ecological allegories, and the possibility of black holes on the Internet. These vignettes thematically offer an alternative definition of humanity that the world may very well need to embrace in the near future.

KIM Ji-woon made his directorial debut with his own...more

In three chapters, two acclaimed Korean directors probe the state of human compassion in the era of high technology. Across the installments we witness robots attaining Buddhist nirvana, zombie attacks as ecological allegories, and the possibility of black holes on the Internet. These vignettes thematically offer an alternative definition of humanity that the world may very well need to embrace in the near future.

KIM Ji-woon made his directorial debut with his own screenplay for 1998’s <The Quiet Family>. Through his successive features – which include <The Foul King> (2000), <A Tale of Two Sisters> (2003), and <A Bittersweet Life> (2005) – he has firmly established himself as a blockbuster director. His 2008 <The Good, The Bad, The Weird> took in nearly 7 million admissions domestically.

YIM Pil-seong has been making short films since 1997, with his <Baby> (1999) screening at both the Venice Film Festival and Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. He made his feature debut with 2004’s <Antarctic Journal>, which scored over 1 million admissions, and also directed the 2007 fantasy drama <Hansel and Gretel>. less