Following the previous projects, <If You Were Me>(2003) and <If You Were Me 2>(2005), <If You Were Me 3> is the third omnibus project describing the theme, human rights. The third projectis comprised of six short films. “Muhammad the Hermit King” (dir. CHUNG Yoon-chul) is a story about the discriminative attitude toward immigrant workers, Muhammad was a former divingking in South East Asia before coming to work in Korea. “The Girl Bitten by Mosquito”...more

Following the previous projects, <If You Were Me>(2003) and <If You Were Me 2>(2005), <If You Were Me 3> is the third omnibus project describing the theme, human rights. The third projectis comprised of six short films. “Muhammad the Hermit King” (dir. CHUNG Yoon-chul) is a story about the discriminative attitude toward immigrant workers, Muhammad was a former divingking in South East Asia before coming to work in Korea. “The Girl Bitten by Mosquito” (Dir. KIMHyun-pil) is the story of an orphan girl, who, unable to pay her electricity bills, dies because ofthe fire candle lights caused while sleeping. “GaP” (Dir. LEE Mi-yeon) exposes gender inequalityin a young family. “A Tough Life” (Dir. NOH Dong-seok) deals with racial discrimination from the perspective of school children. “BomBomBomB!!!!” (Dir. KIM Gok/ KIM Sun) treats prejudices against “queer” teenagers. Ma-taik likes Ma-sun, both of them play musical instruments- Mataik plays the bass and Ma-sun plays the drum. Will they be able to perform together without anyprejudice? “An Ephemeral Life” (Dir. HONG Ki-seon) deals about the unfair treatment for nonregular workers. DOH drives a forklift at a factory. After receiving an urgent message saying that mother is in critical condition, he asks for a leave of absence yet it is not granted. He can’t even borrow the bible from the library because of his position.
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