A Wild Roomer
In this delightfully unconventional South Korean comedy, a carpenter is swept up in a bizarre series of events after a stranger damages his car. Winner of the New Currents competition and the NETPAC Award at Busan.
The not-so-wild ‘roomer’ of this offbeat charmer is Gi-hong, a goateed 30-ish carpenter who rents a room in the fabulously spacious but desperately sterile house of his landlord and drinking buddy Jung-hwan. Whilst he’s on the up financially, he’s much less adept socially. Gi-hong spends most of his free time hanging out with Jung-hwan and his enigmatic wife, Hyung-jun – which unexpectedly becomes a foursome when a stranger from the fringes of society steps onto the scene. Lee’s carefully composed visuals and the cast’s finely calibrated performances create an intriguing and wryly humorous portrait of a domestic dynamic being gently pushed beyond its comfort zone. Lee’s outstanding debut feature asserts him as a filmmaker to watch.Join us for a post-screening party at the Hub - Korean Cinema Celebration: Geonbae!
Special Guest
Lee Jeong-hong
Director
Lee Jeong-hong received the Best Picture award for the International Short Film Competition at the Busan International Short Film Festival with his first short film, No Cave (2012), and the Grand Prize at the Seoul Independent Film Festival with the second short film, The Girl Lives in Haeundae (2012). A Wild Roomer is his debut feature film.
- Program Strand
- Features
- Original Title
- Goe-in
- Year
- 2022
- Classification
- Unclassified 15+
- Country
- South Korea
- Language
- In Korean with English subtitles
- Director
- Lee Jeong-hong
- Producer
- Chung Hyun-jung
- Cast
- Park Gi-hong, Choi Kyung-jun, Kim Jeon-gil
- Screenwriter
- Lee Jeong-hong
- Cinematographer
- Kim Jong-sun
- Editor
- Lee Jeong-hong
- Premiere
- Australian Premiere
- Genre
- Festival Award Winners, Off-Beat, Comedies, Asia
- Company Credits
- Sales Agent: M-Line Distribution
