
“Thehousemakeshumanbeings,humanbeingsmakethehouse.”ThisfilmobservesthemodernhistoryandthepaincausedbythedivisionofKoreabytakingthehousewherepeopleresideasamainthemeandfollowingthetracesremainedthehouse.ResidentsofCheorwon-gun,Tongilchon,havelivedbytheironrailingsandthosearesettlersorpeoplewholefttheirhometownsintheNorthKorea.AndthisfilmtellsthememoriesandindividualstoriesofSettlers,thesecondgenerationofsettlersanddisplacedpeoplemeltedintotheirhouses,andthenthosememoriesbecomenotjustthehistoryofCheorwon,butthatofKorea.ThedirectorKIMRyang,borninKoreaandnowlivesinFrance,beginswiththestoryofherfatherwholefthishometownintheNorthKoreaandcomestothestoryofresidentsofCheorwon.Withkeepingherdistance,thedirectorvividlydescribestherealityofthedivisionoftheKoreanPeninsulainarestrainedway.Andthisfilmsuccessfullyshowsthatthehumanhouseis“themostindividualborderzone”andalsotheplaceembracingthelifeandthedesireofthesociety.(HONGHyosook)