The Projector presents Peafowl
Singapore, 199589 Singapore
- Advisory: R21 TBC
- Directed by: Byun Sung-bin
- Cast: Choi Hae-jun, Kim U-kyum, Go Jae-hyun, Kim Jin-soo
- Year: 2022
- Duration: 1h 55min
- Language: Korean
- Subtitles: English
-Pink Screen 2024-
Rating: R21 TBC
Please do not buy tickets if you’re under 21 years old, we expect the rating for this film to be out soon.
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Dates: Sun 09 Jun, Mon 17 Jun
Busan International Film Festival Watcha Award Winner
L.A. OUTFEST Grand Jury Award Winner
Shin-myung (Choi Hae-jun) is living her best life in Seoul, except for one thing: she needs money for gender reaffirming surgery. Having cut all ties with her biological family and rural hometown, Myung decides to compete in a cutthroat waacking championship to win the money.
Suddenly, she is hit by tragedy. Her estranged father, a master of Nongak folk music and dance, has just passed away. He has kept her in his will, on the condition that she returns to the village to perform a traditional drum dance ritual. Her journey home will force her to reconcile her relationships with her family, both living and dead, while holding on to her sense of identity at all costs.
PEAFOWL is a soul-stirring drama about reclaiming your traditions to make peace with your past. Driven by an empowering vision of trans identity, this assured debut feature from Byun Sung-bin contemplates the possibilities – and limits – of forgiveness.