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The Korean Wedding Chest

5.0(1)20091h 22m1

Ulrike Ottinger’s provocative mélange of ethnography, stunning tableaux and baroque vignettes was inspired by what she calls the “well-stocked miracle” of Korean wedding chests, assembled according to time-honored customs. This exploration of love and marriage in South Korea looks closely at ancient and present-day rituals, revealing what is old in the new and new in the old. Her inquiry leads us from shamans, temples and priests, to the enchanted maze of 21st-century Seoul, where vendors of medicinal herbs co-exist with high-tech beauty salons for wedding couples and secular marriage palaces. Using film much like a canvas, Ottinger creates a modern fairytale flush with mythological heroes, traditional rites, ancestral symbolism, dreams of eternal love, and a whole lot of Western kitsch. One of her most acclaimed documentaries, it captures the amazing phenomenon of new mega-cities and their contradictory societies caught in a balancing act.

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German
  • woman director

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  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1 Oct 2009

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When was The Korean Wedding Chest released?
The Korean Wedding Chest was released on 1 October 2009.
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The Korean Wedding Chest holds a 5.0/10 audience score from 1 votes.
Who directed The Korean Wedding Chest?
The Korean Wedding Chest (2009) was directed by Ulrike Ottinger.
How long is The Korean Wedding Chest?
The Korean Wedding Chest runs for 1h 22m.

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