Persona: Sulli

Directed by • Hwang Soo-ah (황수아) • Jung Yoon-suk-I (정윤석) • Kim Ji-hye (김지혜)

Written by Jung Yoon-suk-I (정윤석)

129min | Release date in South Korea: 2023/11/13

Synopsis
This work consists of two parts: a short film starring "Sulli", and a full-length documentary based on her interviews.

Short film (29min)
"4: Clean Island" (4: 클린 아일랜드, 4: keel-in a-il-laen-deu)
Directed by Hwang Soo-ah and Kim Ji-hye-VI
A short film about Nezzi who wants to live a new life, underwent a strange immigration process in order to move into 'Clean Island', the cleanest place in the world.

Documentary (101min)
"Dear Jinri" (진리에게, jin-ri-e-ge)
Directed by Jung Yoon-suk-I
Choi Jinri is the real name of the South Korean celebrity known by her stage name "Sulli". Using her real name in the title "Dear Jinri" is the product of efforts to get to know her through her last interview, given before she took her life on October 14, 2019, at the age of twenty-five. Who was "Sulli"? Director Jung Yoon-suk-I asks repeatedly as he explores a diverse archive of materials, including animation, music videos, films, journals, photographs, and vlogs. Yet, "Sulli" seems to be somewhere beyond the reach of language, as she responds with a long silence. While cutting out this silence might have been easy, "Dear Jinri" doesn't. Even if every moment of the film, every utterance from Sulli appear to be foreshadowing or hinting at events to come, don’t be sad; just remember—this is the message that "Dear Jinri" conveys to the viewers. KANG Sowon

28th Busan International Film Festival

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