BIFF2020 Official Interview
Film l Empty Body
Director l KIM Ui-seok
Actor l MOON So-ri X JANG Yoo-sang
One day, Hye-ra (Moon So-ri) loses her teenage son Young-in (Jang Yoo-sang) in a mysterious car accident. Hye-ra succeeds in reviving her son′s brain by combining it with AI. However, it becomes stranger as the AI pretends to be the real Young-in after completely destroying his existence. The new director, Kim Eui-seok, was noted for his ability as a persistent narrator of sharp and complicated incidents in his extraordinary debut film After My Death. In his second feature film Empty Body, he also strongly proves to be an excellent creator in the field of casting dense shots and scenes. The 50-minute broadcast version of the same name has nearly doubled with the addition of 40minutes to encapsulate its cinematic essence. (JUNG Hanseok)