Known for his literary words and directing, director Shin Younshick has been flexible enough to direct both commercial and independent films and have The Russian Novel (2012) and Rough Play (2013) released in previous years. In Jeonju Digital Project 2014, Shin presents The Avian Kind, which depicts a novelist's journey to search for his missing wife. It is also a title of a novel that appeared in his previous work The Russian Novel, and he plans to continue to take a cue from his previous films. Similar to The Russian Novel, The Avian Kind shows Shin's signature style crossing the present and the past.
Section: SXGlobal
Premiere Status: North American Premiere
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Year: 2014
Runtime: 112min
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