The film establishes a link between the collective memory and individual memory of residents living near a DMZ, under military control, and the slow process of settling into their new surroundings. It was the Park dictatorship that took the initiative to clear this land of its mines in the late 60s, in order to put an end to the country’s famine; the rescue plan was modelled on the Israeli kibbutz system. The director, whose father was born in the Northern part of Korea, i...more

The film establishes a link between the collective memory and individual memory of residents living near a DMZ, under military control, and the slow process of settling into their new surroundings. It was the Park dictatorship that took the initiative to clear this land of its mines in the late 60s, in order to put an end to the country’s famine; the rescue plan was modelled on the Israeli kibbutz system. The director, whose father was born in the Northern part of Korea, is in search of the place’s identity: the film begins with Europe’s invisible borders, then moves to the father’s despair in his adoptive country, seen in the difficulty he experiences talking in front of his daughter’s camera. The film takes us through a series of different scenes, with personal accounts of residents from the DMZ villages, filmed facing the camera, along with a meticulous description of their home.
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