A screening of "Nocturne" and a talk show by director GWANJO Jeong were held on Friday, November 24 from 12:00 pm at Yokogawa Cinema .

"Nocturne" is the director's first full-length documentary film about a family filmed as a 30-minute TV program in 2008 and filmed over a period of 10 years.

This film realistically depicts the struggles of the family: Seong-ho, who has autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and is gifted in music; his mother, who is invested only in her older son, Seong-ho; and his younger brother, Geon-gi, who feels isolated from them. This film shows the beauty and hope of life despite its pain.

After the screening, a talk show was held, moderated by KIMURA Michita, a freelance personality.

The director described the film as a kind of love story. Unfulfilled one-sided love from the younger brother to his mother, and from the mother to her older son...this is the energy that drives the film. The key point of the family was music, but when they met, Seong-ho's music was not emotionally charged or forced in any way. This could be caused by his autism spectrum disorder, but it was pure and pleasant for the director, and he wanted to "get to know" that world.

However, shooting a documentary without a script was difficult, 99% of the footage shot was Seong-ho and his mother "playing and eating" day after day. Once he ran away from the film because he feared it might never be completed, but some unknown force pulled him back to the scene.

"Geon-gi struggled and changed, trying to live his own life, and after just about 10 years, he felt a sense of understanding for Seong-ho and found hope. At that point, I thought it might be appropriate to finish this film," he recalled.

The film "Nocturne," contains the important truth of life that some things remain and some things change over the long years of life.

When asked about what he took care of when entering a family for filming, he replied that he would become invisible with the camera. "I don't ask questions or conduct interviews, because if I do, the person I'm photographing will pick up on my intentions and become the subject of my filming, and not the person themselves anymore," he said, explaining with humor how difficult it is to film.

The director says that the theme of autism spectrum disorder, which tends to be a delicate and heavy subject, is a character of the family. The talk show was a great opportunity for the audience to experience his deep and warm viewpoint on human beings.