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Back to Back

2021 · 8 min

A quiet, experimental performance piece that unfolds slowly, blending documentary and dance to evoke loneliness and care.

Directed by
Jooyeon Lee
Starring
Seungmin Chu, Un Lee
Tagline
Jooyeon Lee documents and visually composes the political influence of loneliness through films, drawings and texts.
Overview
Filmed during lockdown, Back to Back is a performance film about care centred around a phone conversation between a cleaning agency employee and a woman trying to empty a locked fridge. When the two women meet-up they engage in a strange dance through the streets of Seoul, locked together back-to-back in a movement of mutual support and dependence.

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Directed by
Jooyeon Lee
Starring
Seungmin Chu, Un Lee
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • loneliness
  • friendship
  • healing
  • work
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism6
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Directed by
Jooyeon Lee
Starring
Seungmin Chu, Un Lee
Runtime
8 min
Country
South Korea

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