Camellia Project: Three Queer Stories at Bogil Island (2005)

Camellia Project: Three Queer Stories at Bogil Island 2005 / 동백꽃 2005 / Dongbaek Ggot

Three stories of contemporary gay life in South Korea. 1. Kim Chu-ja directed by Choi Jin-Sung. A fantasy musical about two men who were lovers in the past meet again by chance. Each of them has his own life now. One of them also has a daughter from his marriage. How will this reunion end? 2. Drifting Island directed by So Joon-Moon. A quiet, sad love story about a man who wants to leave and a man who wants to hold him back. 3. La Traviata directed by Lee Song Hee-Il. A woman comes to Bogil Island to meet her dead husband’s lover. She’s angry when she sees him happy. She sees the red camellia flowers and she comes to terms with her husband’s homosexuality while recovering from the hurt.