The first time I watched Bong Joon Ho’s “The Host”, I remember feeling excited, finally Korea was important enough for a monster to come and destroy it.
In science fiction it has been rare to see a live-action film with Asian protagonists. It is almost as if there were no Asians in the future.
“Folding City” is a pioneering project. One that does not just forecast a future “Western” city by mapping “Asian exoticism” on top of it, but a film that tries to imagine the future from a wholly Asian perspective.
More importantly, it is a story of a father – and the sacrifices he makes – and of a daughter – and the burden she carries.