Director / Writer Dana Ziyasheva Talks About 'Defenders of Life'
Director Dana Ziyasheva made her directorial debut, 'Defenders of Life' which focuses on the Ngäbe community, and the hardships Ngäbe girls faced in Costa Rica.
A Winter Elegy
Suji, who was spending her honeymoon at a mountain lodge with her fiancé Jin-wook, is raped by four intruders one after another. Jin-wook leaves Suji's side, consumed by guilt for failing to protect her, and Suji spends her days wandering and suffering. One day, Suji finds fingerprints on a cigarette pack left behind by one of the four perpetrators and resolves to take revenge on them. Starting with the first man, gym instructor Ji Yoon-do, she orchestrates the mysterious deaths of model agency employee Moon Sang-woo and commercial artist Jin Jae-kwon, Chanel Jang, making it look like suicide, and then travels to Las Vegas, USA, to find the fourth man, Han Sang-il.
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Suji, who was spending her honeymoon at a mountain lodge with her fiancé Jin-wook, is raped by four intruders one after another. Jin-wook leaves Suji's side, consumed by guilt for failing to protect her, and Suji spends her days wandering and suffering. One day, Suji finds fingerprints on a cigarette pack left behind by one of the four perpetrators and resolves to take revenge on them. Starting with the first man, gym instructor Ji Yoon-do, she orchestrates the mysterious deaths of model agency employee Moon Sang-woo and commercial artist Jin Jae-kwon, Chanel Jang, making it look like suicide, and then travels to Las Vegas, USA, to find the fourth man, Han Sang-il.
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Genre:Drama, Romance
Written By:Kwan-Yong Lee, Seok-Hoon Yoon
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