The Artistic Revolution Born from Defeat ‘Oh, Valentine’ Reveals Top 3 Viewing Points You Can't Miss!

The film 〈Oh, Valentine〉 reveals three viewing points that sense the struggle and revolutionary possibilities that cannot be given up through the historical testimonies of two individuals who stood with the late Park Il-soo, a subcontracted worker at Hyundai Heavy Industries in 2004.

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A Record Connected by Poetry and Song, An Artistic Revolution Born from Defeat!

〈Oh, Valentine〉 captures the process of Jo Sung-woong and Woo Chang-soo, who left the factory and city, bringing the memories of a defeated movement into today through their respective languages of poetry and song. Through the records of the late Park Il-soo and the present of the two revolutionaries, it provokes thoughts on the precariousness that cannot reconcile with capitalism even in death and the (im)possibility of that. Furthermore, the film relocates the popular art that was produced for the propaganda of ideology to today's context, questioning in what form it can become possible again.

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A Cinematic Experience of a 2-Channel Screen Completed by the Audience's Perspective!

The confessions of the two protagonists placed on the symbol of a commodified movement are staged in scenes that collide with each other. By interweaving the landscapes of Ulsan, where Park Il-soo, Jo Sung-woong, and Woo Chang-soo were, with the complex landscapes surrounding Hwacheon and Changnyeong today, the film reveals the past and present of the two protagonists as a single sign. The film allows the past and present to intersect and collide within a single screen, transforming the audience from mere spectators into active interpreters, inviting new imaginations.

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Director Hong Jin-hwon's First Theatrical Release Film, Highlighted by the MMCA ‘Artist of the Year 2026’!

Director Hong Jin-hwon's previous work 〈Melting Ice Cream〉 explored the tension and discord within the alienation of video and photography, garnering attention among cinephiles and audiences sensitive to contemporary art discourse. 〈Oh, Valentine〉 is a work that proves the sensibility of director Hong Jin-hwon, who captivated the art world, through the language of the screen, and is expected to expand the ongoing formal experiments to explore the threads of Korea's labor movement history more deeply and broadly.

In an era where no hope seems to be found, the story of precariousness that cannot reconcile with capitalism even in death, 〈Oh, Valentine〉 is set to hit theaters on March 11.