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After four years away, Huiju returns home to South Korea. Exchanges with her loved ones are awkward and clumsy. Huiju turns once again to her familiar rituals: pruning the trees, preparing a sauce, tying a braid.

Cast

Huiju Park

as Self

Nanju Lee

as Self

Jinsik Park

as Self

Geumyoung Choi

as Self

Reviews

CinemaSerf

This was so not what I was expecting when I read the title. It’s all about the young Nanju Lee who has returned home to her family in South Korea after a four year absence intent on trying to bury the hatchet. She immediately immerses herself in the more traditional aspects and symbolism of life, bu...

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