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The Road to the Race Track + Q&A
Institute of Contemporary Arts
A Korean couple sit on bed and look off in opposite directions
The Road to the Race Track (경마장 가는 길), dir. Jang Sun-woo, South Korea 1991, 138 min., Korean with English subtitles, 18


R (Moon Sung-keun) arrives at Gimpo Airport after years of study and a PhD achieved in the intellectual mecca of Paris. Waiting for him is J (Kang Soo-yeon), a woman who shared life and bed with him during much of that time. Her loyalty had been rewarded by his contribution to her own PhD. Rather than hurry home to his family down in Daegu or even to find a proper position in Seoul, R runs himself ragged trying to get J back into any available bed. 

Kang’s performance as the artfully dodging J claimed three Best Actress awards in 1992.

This screening is presented on 35mm print and is followed by a Q&A with Kim Dong-ho, founder of Busan International Film Festival, and Kim Hong-joon, director of Korean Film Archive.
 
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