OLD PARTNER

Saturday, March 12th, 21:00, NFB CinéRobothèque
LEE Chung-ryoul, Korea, 2008, 78min, Korean with English subtitles

Synopsis
An eighty year old farmer who walks with a limp and can hardly hear tends to the farm while wondering how much longer his trusted ox can keep working in this documentary from filmmaker Chung-ryoul Lee. Choi has been on this earth for nearly a century. His ox has been around approximately half that time, working without incident for three decades. But these days Choi is beginning to wonder just how long his ox has left to live. Over the decades, the farmer and his beast have formed a relationship that transcends language. When spring arrives and Choi learns that his ox will likely be gone by next year, the ageing farmer truly begins to fear for the future.

Bio
Born in 1966. LEE studied education at Korea University. He participated in several animations and started working in broadcasting in 1993. (2008) is his first feature documentary, and he plans on working in both broadcasting and film.

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