On December 19 Laia Ventayol-García will be presenting the documentary film “Legend of the Waterflowers” by Hee-young Koh at Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró in Palma. This activity is framed within the mediation program around the visual art exhibition “Ecotrò” by Ventayol, curated by Aina Pomar, in the museum. For further information, please check the link.
- Time: December 19, 2024. From 6 to 8 PM.
- Place: Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró in c/ Saridakis 29, 07015 Palma.
- Technical Details:
- Original Title: Mulkkoch-ui jeonseol (2022)
- Director: Hee-young Koh
- Cast: Hyun Soon-jik and Chae Ji-ae
- Production: Jung Myung-sook
- Cinematography: Hyung S. Kim and Won-kuk Kim
- Music: Min Ye
- Duration: 92 min
- Language: Korean (original version), English subtitles
- Synopsis: Hyun Soon Jik is ninety-six years old. She is the oldest living resident in Jeju Island. She lives in a small village in Seogwipo-si. A natural diver with good skills, she became a high rank Haenyeo at an early age and has led an astonishing career of diving for eighty-seven years. Though she looks more comfortable when she is under water than when she is at home, she quit diving in October, 2020, and goes to sea every day, missing her old life as a diver. When she does, Chae Ji Ae who has been disciplined by Hyun, accompanies her and looks after her. Together they head for Deulmoolyeo, a place that only Hyun can find, to see the water flowers that bloom under water.
