The Cage

2017, 65 minutes

Directed by Lior Shamriz
With Kim Wonmok, Kiha Kwon, Won Taehee

A tale of a man coming back to his troubled home-town becomes a meditation on the queer body and the geography of identity. By dislocating the narrative, the “boys love” neo-noir film interrogates contemporary colonial relationships and troubles the filmmaker’s relationship to ‘the West’.

After being framed in a murder, Nick returns to his troubled hometown Exalon, where he begins an affair with a young man working at a family restaurant. The arrival of his former employer convinces Nick that he is being personally hunted down. But he is missing deeper currents unravelling a wave of local unrest, to which he unwittingly contributes.

Presskit and credit list here.

The film is available in three different versions: English, Hebrew and Korean. The Korean and Hebrew versions have a slightly different edit and text, and the music for them was composed by the director, who also narrates the Hebrew version with their own voice. The Korean version is narrated by Kiha Kwon (Allen).

Spring in the Park – The Cage is an assemblage of two films – Spring in the Park and The Cage in total length of 105 minutes.