do we really understand humans? our loved ones? or do we only choose what we want to understand in fear of facing the truth?—the truth that our understanding of others is limited. we fear challenging the unknown because it's uncomfortable and no one likes being told they're wrong or different than the rest.
i went in thinking this will be a cute teenage coming of age romance film, but i forgot the world of yoon gaeun is much complex than that. it mirrors the quiet horrors of our reality—women's reality without missing compassion and tenderness in her films.