The Bird Who Stops in the Air
2002, Korean. Directed by Jeon Soo-il.
KIM serves as a professor of film studies at a rural college, away from his family. Having kept the memories of birds from his childhood, he intends to make a film based on the images of birds that appear in his dreams. In his position as educator, KIM finds himself torn between artistic ideals of the film and the realities of life which his student's must encounter daily. It is in this setting that he struggles to discover the nature of his identity. A middle school science teacher, Young-hee, although a long-time lover of KIM's is not confident in their future relationship. She asks KIM to accompany her to her childhood hometown. During the trip, the two begin to realize that each belongs to different realities from the other. Young-hee begins to desire a relationship of a different sort with him. However, KIM's ambition is to redeem his own artistic value blurred between film fantasy and reality.
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Korean
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- Released
- 1 March 2002
- Original title
- 새는 폐곡선을 그린다
- Country
- South Korea
- Written by
- Jeon Soo-il
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The Bird Who Stops in the Air runs 106 minutes (1h 46m).
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The Bird Who Stops in the Air isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 March 2002. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Bird Who Stops in the Air?
The Bird Who Stops in the Air (2002) was directed by Jeon Soo-il and stars Sul Kyung-gu, Kim So-hee, Kim Jung-tae.