NOCTURNE

By Gwanjo JEONG

CAT&DOCS - as SALES All rights, World

Documentary - Completed 2019

An autistic older brother, a mother preoccupied with him, and an isolated little brother. This story is about one family’s conflicts and reconciliations in the face of life’s fateful isolation.

Festivals
& Awards

DMZ 2019
DMZ Arts Contribution - Cinematography Award
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (online) 2021
Doc Market
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • KOREA (South)
    • Languages
    • KOREAN
    • Duration
    • 95 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Gwanjo JEONG
    • Synopsis
    • Seong-ho is a musician with an autistic disorder who has an extraordinary talent in music. But he is trapped in the world of video games and television. His mother has chosen the life of his shadow to groom him into a professional musician. Her only wish is to ‘Live an hour longer than Seong-ho.’ She would like to leave Seong-ho to his little brother Geon-gi, but he still considers his brother ‘bothersome and useless’. Two brothers go on a trip to Europe without their mother for the first time. “It’s a practice for when mom isn’t here.” This family’s cacophony is slowly forming a concerto.