ABSCENCE

Original title: ABSCENCE
Country of origin: South Korea
Year of manufacture: 2022
Gender: FICTION / DRAMA
Direction: Joonmin YOO
Duration: 18 min
Parental rating: Free
Distributor: FUNNYCON TV
Synopsis: The protagonist, Hyeon-woo, maintains a formal family relationship with his rude and conservative father. Maybe that’s why Hyeon-woo feels his late mother’s absence even more. He’s just frustrated with his father, who gets hurt while fixing his mother’s flower pots. While cleaning the messy house, he discovers his mother’s apron and her cell phone in her apron pocket. Just like when her mother passed away two months ago, the whole family called looking for her. As his call log shows traces of missed calls from everyone around him, it reminds Hyeon-woo of the past incident only to make his heart heavy. At that time, they searched hard to find a portrait for their mother’s funeral, but the phone’s album only contained the photos of Hyeon-woo, her grandson, and the flower pots she loved so much. While flipping through the album, Hyeon-woo comes across a family video, depicting Mom’s soybean paste stew recipe. Although Hyeon-woo lacks cooking skills, he makes soybean paste stew according to his mother’s recipe to remember and reminisce the taste with his father.

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