Matinee

Series/Themes: Korean Film Series, Women in Film

Genre: Drama, International

Accessibility: Subtitles

Film Year: 2021

Locations: South Korea

Film Length: 91 min.

Languages: Korean

Subtitles: English Subtitles

Director: Hong Seong-eun

Featuring: Jeong Da-eun, Seo Hyun-woo, Park Jeong-hak.

Preceded by the short film BJ’s Mobile Gift Shop.

Jin-ah prefers to be on her own. She does her job well, but she walks to work alone, she lives alone, and she does her best to block out the world at any given moment. Her perspective shifts when her neighbor dies alone in his apartment. Now, Jin-ah must face what it is that caused her desire for loneliness in the first place. In a time when isolation has been the world’s normal, Aloners unpacks the consequences lack of social interaction can cause, and the difficult yet rewarding experience of human connection. Introduction by Hyeyon Moon (UVA)

This is a foreign-language film presented with English subtitles.

This film is part of the Korean Film Series supported by Korean Cultural Center – Washington, D.C. and UVA Korea Society.

This film is also part of the Women in Film series.