A BedsoreA Bedsore

SHIM Hyejung, a director who has been active across various fields such as visual arts, experimental film and documentary, makes her first feature debut with A Bedsore. Chang-sik, an elderly man who lives with his wife, Gil-soon, has become bedridden due to cerebral hemorrhage. When Gil-soon’s illegal immigrant caretaker Soo-ok faces problems with her visa and decides to quit her job, Chang-sik suggests to her fake marriage. A Bedsore is a melodrama depicting the anxiety of a middle class man who realizes that he’s now too frail to manage an other, also known as diaspora. Domestic labor, which used to be a job for factory girls, is now substituted with diaspora. A retired breadwinner discovers on the street his future is heading towards entering a retirement home, and his paralyzed wife sheds tears at as her fate is taking her to a nursing hospital. Children quiver with the feeling of inferiority at the deja vu of repeating their parent’s lives or even being worse off. Their eyes are full of strong desires as it focuses on the energetic bodies of the diaspora. Diaspora may be managed but the festering of the bedsore will worsen. (PARK Chi-young)