THE CAGE

65 minutes, 2018

A tale of a man coming back to his troubled home-town becomes a meditation on the queer body and the geography of identity. By dislocating the narrative, the “boys love” neo-noir film interrogates contemporary colonial relationships and troubles the filmmaker’s relationship to ‘the West’.

The film is available in three different versions: English, Hebrew and Korean. The Korean and Hebrew versions have a slightly different edit and text, and the music for them was composed by the director, who also narrates the Hebrew version with their own voice. The Korean version is narrated by Kiha Kwon (Allen).

Left: The director at 20, with their father, photographed by their brother, 1998 Right: A still image from “The Cage”, with actors Kiha Kwon and Lee Yang-hee

Left: The director at 20, with their father, photographed by their brother, 1998
Right: A still image from “The Cage”, with actors Kiha Kwon and Lee Yang-hee