Chun Tae-il:
A Flame That
Lives On
태일이 | South Korea | 2021
U.S. Premiere – CENTERPIECE FILM
South Korea | Animation | 2021 | 99 minutes | in Korean w/English subtitles
Director: Hong Jun-pyo
Voice casts: Jang Dong-yoon, Yeom Hye-ran, Jin Seon-kyu, Park Chul-min, Kwon Hae-hyo, Tae In-ho
Film Source: Finecut Co. Ltd.
Recipient of the 2017 SBA (Seoul Business Agency) Feature-length Animation Funding Program and the 2018 Korean Film Council (KOFIC) Animation Film Funding Program. Showcased at the 26th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), Korean Cinema Today - Panorama Section in 2021
Please stay for a post-film discussion led by professor Ron Falzone – an award-winning screenwriter and Associate Professor at Columbia College Chicago as well as an Instructor in film comedy at Second City Film School.
In-Cinema Screening
Sunday, Oct 2 at 2:30 PM
@ AMC Niles 12
SYNOPSIS
When Tae-il gets hired as a tailor’s assistant at Pyeonghwa Market, he dreams of becoming a full-fledged tailor one day to be able to financially support his family and put his brothers and sisters through school. But when his hard work finally earns him the position he has been yearning for, he finds himself constantly reminded of the faces of the young female laborers slaving for pay that amounted to no less than the equivalent of a cup of coffee and vomiting blood from the dire working conditions they were placed under. Realizing no change can come just from kindness, the young twenty-two-year-old Tae-il decides to confront a reality in which ‘Labor Standards Act’ is not being enforced and becomes the bearer of hope himself.
“COMPLY WITH THE LABOR STANDARDS ACT! WE ARE NOT MACHINES!”
“I wanted to step away from Chun Tae-il’s patriotic martyr image and depict a young twentysomething Tae-il who is just like us,” director Hong said. “I hope the audience can reach out to Tae-Il through CHUN TAE-IL: A FLAME THAT LIVES ON, and in the process find their own strength to change”.
Awards:
- Recipient of the 2017 SBA(Seoul Business Agency) Feature-length Animation Funding Program
- Recipient of the 2018 Korean Film Council(KOFIC) Animation Film Funding Program; Showcased at the 26th Busan International Film Festival(BIFF), Koreans Cinema Today -Panorama Section in 2021
STILL GALLERY
TRAILER
DIRECTOR
Hong Jun-pyo
Born in 1985, he studied animation at Korea National University of Arts, School of Film, TV& Multimedia. He first attracted attention with his short animation Across the Wind he directed in 2012 which won the ‘First Flight Prize’ at the Korea Independent Animation Film Festival. He subsequently opened ‘Studio Roomer’ in 2013 with a group of talented and creative artists to create emotionally-driven original works that include Map: Prologue and web-animation Yoilmada. He explains his decision to direct his feature debut Chun Tae-il: A Flame that Lives On, “I wanted to step away from CHUN Tae-il’s patriotic martyr image and depict a young 20-some Tae-il who is just like us”. He continues to explain, “It was personally quite appealing to me to be able to create an image of CHUN Taeil and Seoul during the late 60s to the early 70s”. Also adding, “I hope the audience can reach out to Taeil through Chun Tae-il: A Flame that Lives On, and during this process find their own strengths for change”.
This screening is sponsored in part by
