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"The Last Dining Table" released in France, yet not released in South Korea

The film is a story of two low class families. The plot develops by following the story lines of Father and Son of one family who live in the slum area of Seoul, and Mother, Grandmother, and Daughter of another family who live in the rural area near Seoul. This highly developed, civilized world is rather strange to their eyes. At last, they don't get adapted to the society, give up their lives on Earth, and immigrate to Mars. Before they leave, they accomplish their desires.

There's not much in contemporary cinema to compare with "The Last Dining Table", a superbly composed tableau of forgotten and discarded people living on the outskirts of Seoul. With little dialogue and virtually no camera movement, this existential poem by debut helmer Roh Gyeong-tae uses stillness and a hypnotic soundscape to reflect profoundly, and ultimately with hope, on the hardships of those who are detached from the mainstream. Assisted immeasurably by a soundtrack of discordant industrial noises, bass tone rumblings and snatches of unintelligible dialogue that's sometimes played backward, film exerts a hypnotic effect that not everyone will click with, but for those who do, "The Last Dining Table" will remain steadfast in the memory.
Variety

The Last Dining Table (Majimak Babsang)
A film by Gyeong Tae Roh (Noh Kyeong-tae)
South Corea, 2006, 93 min, colors

Film presented at the following Festivals :Toronto, Locarno, Sundance, Pusan, Rotterdam...


Sortie nationale le 19 mars 2008

Cinéma Espace Saint-Michel (Paris 5ème)

Pour la province voir les dates et salles sur Open the link

LE DERNIER REPAS (Majimak Babsang)
un film de Gyeong Tae Roh (Noh Kyeong-tae)
Corée du Sud, 2006, 93 min, couleur

L'intrigue se déroule autour du père et du fils d'une famille habitant le quartier pauvre de Séoul, et de la mère, de la grand-mère et de la fille d'une autre famille qui vit dans la zone rurale proche de Séoul.
A leurs yeux, le monde civilisé, ultradéveloppé, est plutôt étrange. Finalement, ne parvenant pas à s'adapter à la société, ils abandonnent leur vie sur Terre et émigrent sur Mars. Mais avant de partir, ils accomplissent leurs derniers désirs.

"Il n'y a pas grand-chose, dans le cinéma contemporain qui puisse se comparer avec Le Dernier repas, une fresque magnifique présentant des oubliés, des bannis, vivant à la périphérie de Séoul. Avec très peu de dialogues et pratiquement aucun mouvement de caméra, ce poème existentiel et premier film de Gyeong Tae Roh utilise l'immobilité et une bande-son lancinante pour susciter une méditation profonde, mais jamais dépourvue d'espérance, sur les tribulations de ceux qui n'appartiennent pas au courant général de la société. Le Dernier repas n'est pas de ces films qui plaisent à tous, mais pour ceux qui y rentreront il restera un souvenir durable".
Variety

Film présenté aux festivals de Toronto, Locarno, Sundance, Pusan, Rotterdam...

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