A Journey Beyond Escape

While his parents slave away in an animal food factory in the Guro district of Seoul (once the cradle of the Korean economic wonder), Shon Sun, a half-blood, starts his military service in the army. There, Sun does not far much better – he is raped in his sleep by a superior . Desperate, he takes revenge, kills the officer and flees the army. In Seoul, it becomes apparent that his father has disappeared. Sun goes looking for him and finds him in his birthplace, on a polluted tropical beach… Inspired by Robert Bresson and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, this is a pitch-black and pessimistic social fairytale with a cathartic experimental ending.

While his parents toil at an animal feed factory in Seoul’s Guro District, once a cradle of South Korea’s economic miracle, Shon Sun, a mixed-race young man, begins his mandatory military service.

However, life in the army proves no better. After being sexually assaulted in his sleep by a superior officer, Sun seeks revenge, kills the officer, and escapes from the military.

Upon returning to Seoul, he discovers that his father has disappeared. Determined to find him, Sun follows the trail to his father’s birthplace, where he eventually finds him on a polluted tropical beach.

Inspired by the works of Robert Bresson and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, this film is a pitch-black, pessimistic social fairytale that culminates in a cathartic experimental ending.