The weight (2013)

The Weight (Hangul: 무게; RR: Muge) is a 2012 South Korean film about a hunchback mortician and his transgender stepsister.

It made its world premiere in the Venice Days sidebar of the 69th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the 2012 Queer Lion, an award for the "best film with a homosexual and queer culture theme." It is the first Korean film to have won the prize. It also won a Special Award at the 2013 Fantasporto Orient Express Awards. Jeon Kyu-hwan was awarded Best Director at the 16th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, and the Silver Peacock award for best director at the International Film Festival of India. Cho Jae-hyun won Best Actor at the 2013 Fantasia Festival.

Most of director Jeon Kyu-hwan's previous films, including Berlinale-featured Varanasi and Dance Town, have dealt with the underbelly of society. The Weight is his fifth feature-length film.

Synopsis

Né bossu, élevé dans un orphelinat, célibataire et employé dans une morgue, Jung n’a pas une existence des plus enviables. Pourtant, il trouve un sens à sa vie en mettant du cœur à la tâche, et en préparant méticuleusement les corps sans vie qu’il reçoit quotidiennement. Une routine sans encombre que vient perturber le retour de son frère d’adoption…

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