The Korean Wedding Chest (Die koreanische Hochzeitstruhe) (2009)
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The traditions of the Korean marriage ceremony and the realities of the 21st century wedding industry find an uneasy common ground in this documentary by filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger. In Korea, there are a number of strict traditions observed in the run-up to a traditional wedding, including a "Wedding Chest" that is prepared by the groom, packed with a variety of very specific gifts for the family, and carried to the home of the bride's parent on his back. There are also meetings between the
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It is a rare chance to see the stunning, quiet work of Ottinger, whose films tell us only what we need to know. Nothing more, nothing less.
Top CriticTenderly observed personal documentary on Korean wedding customs.
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Foreign Titles
- Die koreanische Hochzeitstruhe (DE)
- Die koreanische Hochzeitstruhe (UK)
The severe camera "work" (entirely static) makes the film feel, at turns: staged, voyeuristic, superficial, calculating, and ultimately fetishistic. This filmmaker professes to examine old and new rituals, and she does, but by skimming along the surface and narrowly gazing at her subjects she holds them up as oddities and objects of ridicule. People in the theater laughed, but it just didn't feel right to be laughing most of the time.
There is an utter lack of context and no understanding of the Korean culture displayed. Despite some beautiful shots and amusing scenes, the film is a disjointed and disengaged tourist's travelogue at best. It's highlight is a game of rock-paper-scissors between two girls at the wedding; the loser gets slapped in the face. The little girl wins and gently cuffs the bigger girl, then the bigger girl wins and smacks the little girl, making her head spin. Looking around at many of the Koreans in the audience after the film, it seemed like they had been smacked, not gently cuffed.