(Forglem Mig Ej)

Content: What makes a mother give away her baby? This is the big question in Sun Hee Engelstoft’s poignant heartbreaker of a film about three Korean women who have become pregnant outside of marriage and are now hiding from the outside world until they give birth. They live in a shelter for unwed mothers on a South Korean island, where beautiful landscapes are in sharp contrast to the fierce dilemma that women go through: should they keep their children or give them up for adoption? Engelstoft has been given unique access to this particular shelter run by the strong-willed Mrs. Im, who fights for the girls’ independence but is up against a social structure and family tradition that leaves women in an impossible situation. Engelstoft’s sensitive portrait brings us close to a forbidden world and through her own experience as a Korean adoptee, she gives a deeply personal and extraordinary insight into a culture in which women can’t choose their own fate.

Countries:

Denmark,

South Korea

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

83 minutes

Year:

2019

Directors:

Sun Hee Engelstoft

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Production companies:

Final Cut for Real,

Korean Film Council,

DMZ Docs,

Den Vestdanske Filmpulje,

New Danish Screen,

Det Danske Filminstitut,

DR,

TV 2

Actors:

Crews:

Director

Producer

Co-Producer

Editor

Sound Designer