Helpless

The transition from the agricultural era to the industrial age resulted in the growing number of nuclear-family households. The family unit seems to be becoming even smaller in Korea. The number of people living alone is increasing fast, especially in Seoul, and the number of one-person households exceeded that of traditional four-member families in Seoul for the first time in 2010. City dwellers find it increasingly difficult to know who lives in their neighborhood and they have less contact with their own family members. The recent movie “Helpless” sheds light on human alienation, one...