By Callum McLennan
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The quiet rhythms of life are turned on their head in Koya Kamura’s debut, destined for the Toronto Film Festival’s prestigious Platform program. Set in the wintry resort town of Sokcho, South Korea, the film, an adaptation of Elisa Shua Dusapin’s novel, captures the delicate unraveling of a young woman’s search for identity and the complexities of human connection.
Soo-ha, played by newcomer Bella Kim, lives a quiet but somber existence, spending her days working in a modest guesthouse during the off-season. But her carefully constructed routine is disrupted by the arrival of Yan Kerrand, a French artist of some renown, played by Roschdy Zem ("The Innocent").
Kerrand’s arrival is more than just the introduction of a foreign guest; it is the catalyst for Soo-ha to confront the unresolved shadows of her past. They are both searching, but for different things, they are both in the same place, but in different roles: he the artist, she the subject, she the resident, he the tourist. Abandoned by her French father before she was born, Soo-ha’s encounter with Kerrand stirs up emotions and long-buried questions. Kerrand, on the other hand, is a man in search of new inspiration, a muse to rekindle his creative flame.
