Screening

About Hello Goodbye

Year Released:

2012

Genres:

Drama

Metadata:

Directed by Titien Wattimena

Set in Busan, South Korea, Hello Goodbye is the story of an unlikely romance that begins between two people who meet far away from home. One is a sailor, the other works for the Indonesian consulate. More than just a romance, the film deeply explores the two protagonists and their divergent life views. The film is rich with conflict, life lessons, and love, and features award-winning cinematography and a soundtrack by Korean singer Eru. In Korean and Indonesian languages with English subtitles. (2K DCP presentation)

Inspired by the Themester theme of “Connectedness: Networks in a Complex World,” this semester’s East Asian Film Series offers three film co-productions between filmmakers and film industries in East Asia and the larger Asia Pacific. Representing an increasingly ubiquitous mode of production in the region, the co-productions of this series offer glimpses into contemporary concerns with encounter, exchange, survival, and everyday life that resonate among South Korea and Indonesia; Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Mainland China; as well as Japan and the world. Sponsored by Themester, East Asian Studies Center and IU Cinema. Special thanks to Professor Stephanie DeBoer.