Sharjah (Union)
The “Green Carpet” Korean feature film “Paper Flower” screened for the first time in the Middle East, which tells a warm story regarding dignity in death and hope in life, with the ninth session of the “Sharjah International Film Festival for Children and Youth” closing the curtain on its activities yesterday. The first is at the Al Jawaher Center for Events and Conferences in Sharjah.
The film, director Hoon Koh’s latest work, starring esteemed actor Sung-Ki Ahn and young actress and singer Eugene, depicts the moral dilemma facing the mortician to ensure the dignity of the dead, through traditional customs and traditions that include placing a paper rose on the coffin of the deceased. , where he finds himself compelled to give up this habit when he joins a company that specializes in funeral ceremonies, memorials and burials.
Despite the bleakness of the plot and its slow paced events, it emphasizes the importance of not giving up and despairing and finding hope even in the darkest moments.
In a meeting that brought together the director of the film with the festival audience following the show ended, Hwon Koh stressed that the film sheds light on the changes in Korean society due to modernity, which affected its values, morals and traditional customs related to funeral and burial ceremonies.
Koh noted that he read a story in the newspaper regarding a funeral director who is facing personal difficulties and spends his time reading and watching movies, and that this story inspired him to work on this film.
Koh pointed to the message that came from the hero of the film that the coffin of the rich and the poor will rot and decompose in the dirt, and that he confirmed this message by focusing on rain in the film, and added: “Whether a person is rich or poor, the rain itself will fall on him, and that is why the film concludes its events with precipitation.” It rains on three different areas of the city, and the three main characters experience the same feeling and experience regarding rain.”
And regarding the “open end” of the film, the director assured the audience that what they feel while watching the film is its message.