Between the Two of Us – KCrush Interview With Filmmaker Sung Ji-hye by Carolyn Hinds
Written and directed by filmmaker Sung Ji-hye, Between the Two of Us looks at the intersection between disability, pregnancy, and loneliness in marriage through her characters Eun-jin a paraplegic who chooses to continue her pregnancy in spite the doubts of her husband Ho-seon, and doctors. Following the film’s premiere at the 2024 Jeonju International Film Festival in the Korean Cinema program, Film Critic and Journalist, Carolyn Hinds speaks with Sung Ji-hye
Played by Kim Si-eun, Eun-jin having learned to adapt to being disabled after losing her ability to walk due to a spinal cord injury at 18-years-old, must once again learn to adapt to her body in a new way when her pregnancy new causes changes within her body. Changes she can’t feel. Ho-seon (Seol Jung-hwan), Eun-jin’s high school sweetheart, distracted by his own concerns about what the pregnancy means for Eun-jin, and his impending fatherhood, is unable to emotionally connect the pregnancy and share his own fears with her. With both parties afraid to be misunderstood, distance and loneliness grows between them, causing Eun-jin to turn to a new friend, Ji-hoo (Oh Ji-hoo), a woman she suddenly meets one day that changes everything that Eun-jin believed about herself.
Editorial note: Due to copy right, the voice of the interpreter has been muted and subtitled.
—-Carolyn Hinds
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