Two Weddings and a Funeral

Two Weddings and a Funeral

Released: June 21, 2012

Directed By: Kim Jho Kwang-soo

Two Weddings and a Funeral puts a light on the LGBT+ community. The film follows a marriage of a gay man, Min-soo (Kim Dong-yoon) and a lesbian, Hyo-jin (Ryu Hyun-kyung). The couple get married to hide their sexuality, but for Hyo-jin to adopt a child with her partner of 10 years. With secrets on both sides of the party, it becomes a battle to remain “happy” and “normal” when Min-soo’s parents show up at the apartment at random.

I think the film shines light on the struggle of the LGBT+ community and what the situations can mean if people find out about your sexuality. The LGBT+ community in South Korea is looked upon in a negative light. With younger generations beginning to learn that everyone is similar, some just have different “taste” then “normal” people, a shift to acceptance could happen.

We begin to see it in film, for example, Love Simon and Call Me By Your Name, introducing characters that are in a gay relationship. In 2016, at the Sundance Film Festival, Dylan Gelula, starred First Girl I Loved, which is about a girl, Anne who fell in love with another girl, Sasha. Anne’s best friend Clifton seems to secretly have a crush on Anne, but when he finds out that Anne likes another girl, things seem to fall apart. Film, if filmmakers have an open mindset, can be an outlet for LGBT+ community (if it is done in the right way, with respect).