Underplayed Gems

나목 (1992)

나목 poster
Country
South Korea
Length
2 episodes
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A young woman named Lee Kyung loses two older brothers and her father in the Korean War. She supports her mentally unwell mother by painting portraits at a US Army PX, and becomes torn between a local electrician who loves her and a displaced painter who struggles with his own family ties.

melancholicslow-burntendernostalgicemotionally heavysubduedbittersweetquietly devastating

What happens

《나목》은 MBC에서 1992년 6월 24일부터 1992년 6월 24일까지 방영된 6.25 특집 드라마이다. 스물한 살 이경은 전쟁으로 두 오빠와 아버지를 잃고 정신이 온전하지 못한 어머니를 모시고 생계를 위해 미군 PX에서 초상화부 일을 한다. 이경은 자신을 좋아하는 전기수리공 태수보다 최 사장이 데려온 월남한 화가 옥희도에게 마음이 더 끌린다. 옥희도는 가족 때문에 갈등하면서도 이경을 사랑하게 된다. 전쟁이 끝나고 태수와 결혼한 이경은 옥희도의 유작전에서 ‘나목’을 본다. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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