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Decade of Deception: Her Love Was All a Show
10 Oct
Summary
- Woman waits 10 years in motel room for lover's return.
- Motel managers coach actors to stage romances repeatedly.
- Tears of the woman are gathered as part of the staging.
In Park Syeyoung's upcoming film, "Satellite of Love," a woman endures a decade confined to a single room at a remote love motel. She waits for a lover who promised to return. The motel's management, however, has been staging her romantic experiences for years.
Actors are brought in and coached to repeatedly reenact relationships with the woman. Their performances of love, regret, and guilt are meticulously managed. A particularly unsettling detail is that the woman's tears are collected as part of this elaborate production.
When the woman finally realizes the extent of this deception, she returns to her routine. The film explores themes of memory's volatility and how the past can be reshaped by present experiences. Park aims to convey that nothing is definite, and memories are subject to change.
"Satellite of Love" is currently in development and is being produced by Coproduction Office. The team is seeking co-production partners and financiers at the Asian Project Market.
