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YIM Soon-rye Returns with New Feature
YIM Soon-rye Returns with New Feature
The feature stars award-winning actress MOON So-ri, along with PARK Won-sang, PARK In-hwan and JEONG Hye-sun – all of whom appeared in YIM’s previous film Forever the Moment. The new feature is the very first to be produced and sponsored by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, known for its If You Were Me series of omnibus films.
Fly, Penguin is a human-rights themed tale that visits controversial sites in Korean society including the heavy burdens of private education on kids and their financially strapped parents, prejudices towards vegetarians, gender discrimination, and twilight divorce (divorce of couples in their 50s and 60s).
YIM emerged in the 90s with her award-winning short film Promenade in the Rain (1994), capturing prizes at the
Nigel D’Sa (KOFIC)