While Two Doors focuses on the compel of authoritative forces on the evictees, The Remnants dives in the life of the protesters after their release from the jail and scrutinizes the interpersonal relationships among them.
On January 20, 2009, after failing to appeal to the government for protection against loss of homes and businesses,[1] around 40 renters occupied an abandoned 4-story building in Yongsan District to protest against the insufficient compensation, as a result of urban redevelopment.
[2][3] Unsatisfied with the compensation of relocation offered by the government, a group of protestors made up of renters and small business owners organized a sit-in demonstration on the abandoned building.
The riot police used water cannon to expel the evictees but failed as the protesters ran into a lookout built prior to the demonstration.
Kim was the person who was in charge of building the lookout and later admitted in the film that he dropped a firebomb, which didn't led to the fire contrary to what the police initially suggested.
[6] The film received the following awards:[7] The controversy on Yongsan tragedy lies not only in the unpreparedness and recklessness of the police action, but also in the biased judicial judgment and its violation to human rights.