The Korean Wedding Chest (2009)

Original title

Die koreanische Hochzeitstruhe

Directed by

Ulrike Ottinger

Genre

documentary film

Country

Germany, South Korea

Runtime

1h 22m

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows Korean wedding customs. It shows how old rituals mix with modern life. The film pays close attention to the ceremonies and their meanings.

observationaldetailedcontemplativeculturally-specificmethodicalsereneinstructive

What happens

The Korean Wedding Chest is a 2009 documentary film about Korean wedding traditions directed by Ulrike Ottinger. The German language film was described as "capturing the collision of ancient tradition and modern culture on the subject of love and marriage in Korea in a film that echoes the beauty, precision and care of the rituals she examines" by the Los Angeles Times. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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