'Elemental' Peterson "It resembles the era of discrimination in the past"

Director Peter Sohn revealed the message contained in his new film 'Elemental'.

On the 30th at noon, a press conference for the movie 'Elemental' (director Peter Sohn) was held at CGV Yongsan, Yongsan-gu, Seoul. Director Peter Sohn and animator Lee Chae-yeon, who participated in the 3D animation part, attended.

On this day, director Peter Sohn recalled the meeting held in New York at the time of his previous film 'The Good Dinosaur' and said, "At that time, I attended with my parents and they were sitting in front of me like this. I think I was so emotional that I couldn't remember what he said at the time."

Afterwards, director Sohn shared this anecdote with his colleagues, and they responded that 'here is your story'. 'Elemental' started here, said Sohn.

"My parents immigrated to the United States in the 60s and 70s and went through a lot. Back then, there was xenophobia, and there were people who helped my parents. I think I learned a lot from watching them."

Amber's father in 'Elemental' resembles director Sohn's father. He said, "My parents had a grocery store, and the customers who came in were really diverse. My father understood, sympathized with, and helped with everything he needed, even if he couldn't speak a word of English." I felt it through my skin, so I wanted to portray it through this film.”

'Elemental' tells the story of Amber, who is witty and full of passion like fire, meeting Wade, who is pleasant and emotional, and builds a special friendship in 'Element City', where the four elements of fire, water, air, and earth live. 'Elemental' was selected as the closing film of this year's Cannes Film Festival and decorated the grand finale. It is a Disney-Pixar film invited to Cannes three years after the movie 'Soul'.

'Elemental' is released on June 14th.

Jiye Choi, staff reporter at TenAsia wisdomart@tenasia.co.krㅇ