15th New York Asian Film Festival

Jun 22 - Jul 9, 2016

Photo: Courtesy of M-Line Distribution

North American Premiere

Alone

ALONE

Photography, gentrification, suppressed trauma, and nightmarish dream logic mix to create one of the most blazingly daring and original Korean thrillers released in years. Su-min (magnificently played by Lee Ju-won) is a photographer documenting the decay and changes taking place in the neighborhood he sees from his apartment. After witnessing the brutal murder of a woman on a nearby rooftop, masked men break into his home and hit him on the head with a hammer. He wakes up across the street in the very neighborhood he was documenting, naked and alone. He soon meets a woman and a young boy, and ends up in a moebius strip of dream logic as he struggles to escape the neighborhood in which he keeps regaining consciousness in a different spot, each time facing a new fear or strange connection to his past. Shot in beautiful long takes, Alone drags you deep into Su-min's labyrinthian psyche.

Director: Park Hong-min
Cast: Kim Dong-hyun, Yoon Young-min, Song You-hyun, Lee Ju-won
Languages: Korean with English subtitles
2015; 90 min.; DCP

SCHEDULE:

Wednesday July 6, 6:30pm
SVA Theatre