Mind Universe
'Tomorrow's today': At the age of 80, Huijin's husband, Sunwoo, passed away. Through the mind-uploading system, he was restored to his 30s as an ai Sunwoo, and 79-year-old Huijin met him. Huijin supported the mind-uploading project to make Sunwoo's memory data more complete. She connected to Sunwoo's mind, which was uploaded to the server, to meet him. However, the service was not yet perfect, and Sunwoo could not remember Huijin. Moreover, the connection time was limited to a maximum of 3 hours, and it was a restricted system that could be reconnected after a 24-hour rest. To revive Sunwoo's memories, Huijin invited him to the house they had lived in together, to a day from their youth when they were a young couple. Huijin connected dozens of times, but sunwoo reset every time and couldn't recognize huijin. Watching this, huijin grew weary. she pondered whether the ai Sunwoo in front of her matched her memories of Sunwoo or if it was a different entity. The inherent irony of human existence seems to lie somewhere between 'forgetting' and 'remembering.' humans can live by forgetting the pain and emotional scars, yet they also hold onto unforget memories in their minds. Under the influence of this contradiction, there is 'life,' and more specifically, there is 'everyday life.' so, what if we look at this human domain from the perspective of ai? This story explores the confusion ai can experience and its quest for identity within that confusion. 'Our universe': In the year 2052, space explorer Kim Sori has been exploring alien planets for three years. While exploring a new planet, Sori receives news that her father has passed away in space. Sori's father was Kim Hyungseok, a renowned composer representing korea. Adapting to the era of social distancing, Sori created an online app that allowed her to engage in video chats with her deceased father, created as an ai, for three days. Depending on the personalities of her peers and family members, she provided different rooms in the app where visitors could pay their respects. Despite their strained relationship, Sori logged into the app on the day before the funeral. Using the authority of a family member to observe without actively participating in the chats, she began a 'journey' through the memories of Hyungseok and his acquaintances. The physicist brian greene once said, 'everything is connected to everything else.'
Starring
Lee Ki-hyuk, Yoon So-hee, Kim Ye-rang
Director
Kim Jin-moo