A wealthy couple seeks to secretly adopt the unborn child of an impoverished and troubled rural teenager, in this compelling drama from writer-director Albert Shin.
An affluent couple from Seoul arrives at a desolate farm in the South Korean countryside, where a pregnant teenĀager and her mother have agreed to let them adopt the girl's unborn child. The wife is to stay at the farm until the child is born, and a quiet unease begins to percolate as the three unnamed women fall into a daily routine. Impossibly shy and reclusive, the teen (Ahn Ji-hye) spends most of her time alone in her bedroom. Both her mother (Kil Hae-yeon) and the wife (Yoon Da-kyung) are determined to make the arrangement work, but things become complicated when the baby's father surfaces and the girl's odd behaviour comes into question. With the discipline and maturity of a veteran director, Albert Shin patiently explores the rhythms and tensions born of the three women's disparate desires.
- Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
Countries
Canada- Awards
- Jay Scott Prize, Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
- Festivals
- Toronto International Film Festival 2014
- Director
- Albert Shin
- Producer
- Igor Drljaca, Albert Shin, Niki Shin (associate producer), Hyun Chan Yoon
- Screenwriter
- Albert Shin, Pearl Ball-Harding (co-writer)
- Cinematographer
- Moon Myoung Hwan
- Editor
- Albert Shin
- Production Design
- Young-mi Choi and Seo-hyung Hur
- Cast
- Yoon Da-Kyung, Ahn Ji Hye, Hae-yeon Kil