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Elder Son

Hijo mayor
dir. Cecilia Kang
Argentina 2025, 118’
subtitles: Polish and English

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Polish premiere
Theatrical Screenings
St 15 Nov, 15:45
Kinomuzeum
Kinomuzeum
Su 16 Nov, 18:00
Kinoteka 1
Kinoteka 1
Film also presented during the festival showcase in Poznań (20–23.11)
Credits
Argentina 2025
Duration: 118’
director: Cecilia Kang
screenplay: Cecilia Kang
cinematography: Victoria Pereda
editing: Lorena Moriconi
music: El Asesino del Romance
cast: Kim Chang Sung, Suh Sang Bin, Anita B Queen, Yon Chul Jung
producer: Juan Pablo Miller
production: Tarea Fina
language: Spanish, Korean, Guarani
colouration: colour

Film description

Lila was born in Buenos Aires, into a family of Korean immigrants, where nothing was ever obvious or easy. Always taken for a tourist in her own country, she begins to question her roots and identity. Her father, Antonio, who left Korea years ago in search of a new life in South America, struggles with his own burden - the memory of difficult decisions whose echoes reach him to this day.

Argentine director Cecilia Kang, herself of Korean descent, divides her film into three parts: Lila’s present, Antonio’s recollections, and a charming documentary sequence in which she presents her own parents, photographs, and memories. “Elder Son” is an intimate, personal story of cultural division and the search for a place that could truly be called home. Kang addresses questions of identity with commitment and heart, allowing her audience to see that the migration experience resonates both in geography and in memory. Kang’s debut blurs the boundaries between fiction and documentary, creating a cohesive and deeply moving testimony.

text:
Łukasz Mańkowski

Cecilia Kang

Born in 1985 in Buenos Aires. She began her career as a documentary filmmaker, exploring the cultural identity of Argentinians of Korean descent in her films ("My Last Failure", 2016, and "A Boat Departed From Me Taking Me Away", 2023). The latter film received the Special Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the Mar del Plata Film Festival. She also worked as an assistant director for many years. The "Elder Son" is her feature-length debut.

Filmography:

2012 Que viva el agua (short)

2016 Mi último fracaso / My Last Failure (dokument)

2018 Bicycles (short)

2023 Partió de mí un barco llevándome / A Boat Departed From Me Taking Me Away (dokument)

2025 Starszy syn / Hijo mayor

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