Nobody's Daughter Haewon (2013)

Original title

누구의 딸도 아닌 해원

Directed by

Hong Sang-soo

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

G

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 60 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman feels lost after her mother moves to Canada. She reconnects with a married professor she has been seeing, and they spend time together while she struggles with her emotions.

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What happens

Nobody's Daughter Haewon (Korean: 누구의 딸도 아닌 해원) is a 2013 South Korean drama film written and directed by Hong Sang-soo. The narrative is told in diary format and chronicles a few days in the life of a young woman (Jung Eun-chae) who falls into depression following the departure of her mother to Canada. She falls back on a troubled affair with a professor (Lee Sun-kyun), who offers to whisk her away. The film made its world premiere and screened in competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. The film was selected as part of the 2013 Hong Kong International Film Festival. It was named #8 on Cahiers du Cinéma's list of top films of 2013. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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