Synopse
In the mining town of Kanwon, single father Hye-geon loses his job due to pneumoconiosis. Also, the loss of the family home is immanent due to a restructuring of the village. As Hye-geon turns to drink, his nine-year-old daughter Yeong-lim looks after her mentally disabled brother and tries to get medical aid for her father. But a diagnosis of pneumoconiosis does not suffice for hospital admittance. Then Yeong-lim remembers the rat poison… Set in the bleak beauty of winterly 198.
Info
Original Title: Geomen Tangyi Sonyeo Oi
International Title: With a Girl of Black Soil
Category: Feature
Section: Agenda 08
Version & Subtitles: Korean OV
Director: Soo-il Jeon
Screenplay: Jung Soon-Yeoung, Jeon Soo-il
Cast/Protagonists: Yu Yun-mi, Jo Yung-jin, Park Hyun-woo
Production country: South Korea
Year of Production: 2007
Length: 89 min
Producer: Clément Duboin, Jo In-sook, Franck-Nicolas Chelle
Production company: Outsidethebox Productions, Dongnyuk Film
Cinematography: Kim Sung-tai
Editor: Suh Yong-duk
Music: Gae Soo-jung
Production Design: Lee Young-hun
World Sales: Umedia
