The Blue Roof from the Window
The Blue Roof from the Window
The film documents changes around the Blue House from the era of military dictatorship through the post-democratization period, interweaving them with the family’s life story. Ahn So-yeon’s choices and conflicts intersect with the circumstances of the times surrounding emergency martial law on December 3, 2024.
OVERALL TRUTH BASIS · Fact-centered
A documentary that directly records the life of an actual family who have lived across from the Blue House for 50 years, alongside changes in Korean political history.
December 3, 2024 Emergency Martial Law
President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law at around 22:27 on 2024-12-03. It was lifted after the National Assembly passed a resolution demanding its lifting.
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10 recordsRed-Brick House Across from the Blue House is a 71-minute Korean documentary directed by Ahn So-yeon in 2025.
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- Work information from the official EIDF page.
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- 청와대 건너 붉은 벽돌집EBS국제다큐영화제 · Official record · Grade AOpen source →
The film's central setting is the house where the director's family lived for about 50 years, across from the Blue House.
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- The official EIDF synopsis describes it as the family home where they lived for 50 years.
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- 청와대 건너 붉은 벽돌집EBS국제다큐영화제 · Official record · Grade AOpen source →
The film records changes around the Blue House from the period of military dictatorship through democratization, interweaving them with the family's life story.
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- The EIDF program notes connect political space and family history.
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- 청와대 건너 붉은 벽돌집EBS국제다큐영화제 · Official record · Grade AOpen source →
The film records how the noise from the 2016 candlelight rallies calling for Park Geun-hye's impeachment and the subsequent anti-impeachment protests directly affected the family's living space.
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- This is stated in the official EIDF synopsis.
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- 청와대 건너 붉은 벽돌집EBS국제다큐영화제 · Official record · Grade AOpen source →
Even after the Blue House relocation, the director says that the influence of politics did not end, as shown by the declaration of emergency martial law on December 3, 2024.
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- The director's interpretation in the EIDF synopsis.
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- 청와대 건너 붉은 벽돌집EBS국제다큐영화제 · Official record · Grade AOpen source →
Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law at around 22:27 on December 3, 2024.
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- The Constitutional Court's decision definitively records the time and action.
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- 대통령 윤석열 탄핵 사건헌법재판소 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
At around 01:02 on December 4, all 190 members present voted in favor, and the National Assembly passed a resolution demanding the lifting of martial law.
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- Recorded in the Constitutional Court's decision.
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- 대통령 윤석열 탄핵 사건헌법재판소 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
The motion to lift martial law was approved at a State Council meeting at around 04:29 on December 4.
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- Confirmed by the Constitutional Court's decision.
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- 대통령 윤석열 탄핵 사건헌법재판소 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
Rather than explaining political history solely through external events, the work presents it as history experienced through one family's living space, noise, and memories.
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- A central description of the work's form in the EIDF program notes.
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- 청와대 건너 붉은 벽돌집EBS국제다큐영화제 · Official record · Grade AOpen source →
Because this documentary directly records an actual family, an actual house, and actual political events, its basis in real events is strong.
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- The official EIDF synopsis and official Constitutional Court records support the personal account and public events, respectively.
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- 청와대 건너 붉은 벽돌집EBS국제다큐영화제 · Official record · Grade AOpen source →
- 대통령 윤석열 탄핵 사건헌법재판소 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
Other related people
Ahn So-yeon
Documentary director · Cast memberSources used
- 청와대 건너 붉은 벽돌집EBS국제다큐영화제 · Official record · Grade AOpen source →
- 대통령 윤석열 탄핵 사건헌법재판소 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →