Love that Shines
Planet of Snail 달팽이의 별
Love that Shines
I came from the star of snails.
I am closing my eyes to see the most valuable things.
I am closing my ears to hear the most beautiful sounds.
I am waiting in silence to speak the most truthful words.
When I learned how to communicate with my fingertips, everything changed.
And there was an angel who helped me open my heart
Directed by Yi Seung-Jun
Screenplay by Jo Yeong-chan
Release date: March 22, 2012
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I came from the star of snails. I am closing my eyes to see the most valuable things. I am closing my ears to hear the most beautiful sounds. I am waiting in silence to speak the most truthful words. When I learned how to communicate with my fingertips, everything changed. And there was an angel who helped me open my heart.
Young-Chan can not hear or see, consequently, he depends on only his sense of touch like a snail. Soon-Ho has a small body, due to a childhood accident that injured her spine. Nevertheless, Young-Chan believes that Soon-Ho is the most beautiful woman in the world. Soon-Ho is the one who leads Young-Chan into the outside of the world and helps Young-Chan to achieve his dream. The couple's love shines the most.
Young-Chan comes from planet of snail where deaf blind people live slow and quiet lives. When Young-Chan came to Earth, nobody understood his language and he was desperate. Then an angel walked into his life. Soon-Ho knows how it is to be lonely and soon becomes an inseparable part of his life. Young-Chan also discovers an amazing world under his fingers as he learned to read books with braille. Hopes began to grow and he dreams of writing a book. However, Soon-Ho cannot always be there for him because of her own problem of spine disability. The couple now should learn to survive alone. While Soon-Ho uneasily spends her first day waiting for his return, Young-Chan goes out for the biggest adventure of his life. Written by Anonymous (IMDb)
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November 27, 2011
'Planet of Snail' Wins Amsterdam's International Documentary Film Festival
by Karsten Kastelan THR
The South Korean documentary traces the life story of a man who has been deaf and blind since birth.
AMSTERDAM – Seung-Jun Yi’s Planet of Snail, the story of a South Korean man blind and deaf since birth, has sped away with the best feature length documentary prize at the 24th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). The film, which traces the man's interactions with the world and his loving wife, had been an early favorite of audiences and industry-attendees alike.
November 29, 2011
"Planet of Snail" wins top prize and gets UK distribution at IDFA
Source: koreanfilm.or.kr via hancinema.net
At the 24th International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), Korean director Yi Seung-Jun's "Planet of Snail" won the top VPRO IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary which comes with a cash prize of €12,500. The film also sold to UK distributor Dogwoof.
"Planet of Snail" is an innovative documentary about a deaf and blind young man who works through his isolation from the world to find friends, write poetry, fall in love and get an education. The documentary also screened at the 12th Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF). "Planet of Snail" previously won production grants from Sundance and the EBS International Documentary Film Festival (EIDF) and was pitched at the IDFA Forum last year.
Screendaily.com reports the film was sold by CAT & Docs and that it is expected to get a theatrical release in the UK in the coming months. "Planet of Snail" director Yi Seung-Jun's other credits include "Children of God"(2008) and "Flowers, Two Women's Story"(2007) as well as "Invisible War - India Bihar Report" (2000).