In Sokcho, 25-year-old Soo-Ha's life is shaped by her fishmonger mother and boyfriend, Jun-Ho. When Frenchman Yan Kerrand arrives at her boarding house, she begins questioning her identity and unknown French father. As winter sets in, Soo-Ha and Kerrand form a delicate, subtle bond through cooking and drawing.
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Winter in Sokcho is based on the novel of the same name by Elisa Shua Dusapin, whose father is French and mother is Korean. The story follows Soo-Ha, a young woman working at a guesthouse in Sokcho. Like Dusapin, Soo-Ha is of mixed heritage, with a French father and a Korean mother. However, she has never met her father. According to her mother, he left for France without even knowing she was pregnant, but she is frustrated by her mother's refusal to seek him out. The film explores the shifts in Soo-Ha's inner world when a middle-aged Frenchman, Kerrand, arrives at the guesthouse. Her feelings toward him are complex—he embodies a part of her heritage that she longs to connect with, yet she also sees traces of the distant father who abandoned her. Unable to fully grasp her own emotions, Soo-Ha's inner turmoil is visually expressed through animation, mirroring the artistic style of Kerrand's drawings. Soo-Ha is played by Bella Kim, a model active in France, while Kerrand is portrayed by Roschdy Zem, known for Madame Claude (2021). With Koya Kamura, a Japanese-French director, at the helm, the film naturally embraces a multicultural perspective, further enriching its themes of identity and belonging. (MOON Seok)
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