Hye-rim is an actress who suffers from trauma after an underwater accident during filming. She moves to the remote city of Yang-ju, where she starts an isolated life. One day, Hye-rim stumbles upon the old ‘Sam-hee Apartment.' An adventure begins in her daily life as she becomes involved with the apartment.
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Sam-hee : The Adventure of 3 Joys, a uniquely titled film, marks the feature debut of Moon Hyein, who is primarily known as an actor. Already recognized for her directorial skill—having won the Best Director Prize in the Korean Competition for Shorts at the 23rd JEONJU IFF for her short film Transit—Moon Hyein directs and stars in this work, which is both challenging and seamless. The protagonist, Hye-rim, an actor grappling with trauma from an underwater filming accident, moves to a new town in Yang-ju, where she begins a new life. In this unfamiliar region, Hye-rim finds herself drawn to the Sam-hee Apartment, left standing alone amid a boom in apartment construction. Its quaintness seems to resonate with her inner emptiness. While translating a book, one phrase catches her attention: "The foundation of real art is the ability to live in the world of imagination consciously or unconsciously." Starting with the Sam-hee Apartment, she transforms corners of Yang-ju into a world of her own imagination, a place where she would truly live. By shedding her identity as Hye-rim, an independent film actor, and becoming Sam-hee, now living in Yang-ju, she frees herself from the shackles that once bound her. Sam-hee : The Adventure of 3 Joys is a local film that offers a fresh perspective on Yang-ju, Gyeonggi-do, and delivers a quiet sense of healing, even to those who resist the idea of "healing." (MOON Seok)
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