Winter in Sokcho

Sooha’s (Bella Kim) pleasant, if dull, life is interrupted by the arrival of an enigmatic guest at the guest house where she works. Firstly, no one really travels during the winter to the remote South Korean town of Sokcho. And secondly, he is French, just like the father who she never met. The arrival of this stranger (Roschdy Zem) sends the young woman into a tailspin of doubts and memories as she struggles with understanding her own place in the world. Koya Kamura’s adaptation of Elisa Shua Dusapin’s acclaimed novel brings to the surface the themes of identity and vulnerability.

Anna Bogutskaya