CAMEL(S)

A man in his 40s and a woman in her 30s, each of them married, set off on a trip despite being strangers, because they share a sense of affinity and a curiosity to know where this will lead them.

CAMEL(S)
Original Title: Nakta[dul]
Korea, 2001
Director: Park Ki-Yong

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The film starts as a man in his early 40s and a woman in her late 30s, each of who has a family, set off to a small port called Wolgot. The reason for taking the trip together, despite the fact that they are strangers, is that they share a sense of affinity as well as a curiosity to know where this affinity might take them. The story takes place in a motel with its bare, characterless interior and absence of objects that are laden with memories and associations.

Screenplay:
Park Ki-Yong

Cinematography:
Choi Chanmin

Editing:
Park Ki-Yong and Kim Sungsoo

Music:
Park Jinsuk

Principal cast:
Lee Daeyeon, Park Myungshin

Production: Fine Communications / 35mm / colour / 91 mins.

Director's bio-note:
Born in 1961 in Kyungbook Province, South Korea, Park Ki-Yong graduated from the Seoul Institute for the Arts and the Korean Academy of Film Arts, majoring in filmmaking. He worked as assistant director on feature films, TV commercials and documentaries and has so far produced three features.

Motel Cactus (1997), his first feature as director won the New Currents award at Pusan, a Special Mention by the FIPRESCI jury at Rotterdam and the Jury award at Fribourg. Camel(s) (2001) won the Grand Prize and Best Script Award at Fribourg.