Yearning can be a difficult feeling to capture on-screen. Love stories are little without a tragic element, and defining the spaces in between moments of romantic reverie can be a challenge for even the best filmmakers and the most dedicated actors. Yun Su-ik and leading performers Han So-hee and Han Hae-in have taken a surprisingly unconventional approach to a tale of young love with “Heavy Snow”, a slight but cutting series of snapshots of a brief high-school fling that has long-lasting ramifications.
Heavy Snow is screening at BFI Flare
Han Hae-in is Su-an, an acting-major loner living in a small coastal town, introduced by wielding a loaded paintball gun as part of her performance in drama class. When performing Shakespeare, she resembles less of a traditional Hamlet and more of a school shooter, keeping her classmates on the backfoot as she alienates them with her extreme commitment to her version of a classic role.
Heavy Snow is screening at BFI Flare
Han Hae-in is Su-an, an acting-major loner living in a small coastal town, introduced by wielding a loaded paintball gun as part of her performance in drama class. When performing Shakespeare, she resembles less of a traditional Hamlet and more of a school shooter, keeping her classmates on the backfoot as she alienates them with her extreme commitment to her version of a classic role.
- 3/16/2024
- by Simon Ramshaw
- AsianMoviePulse
Receiving accolades such as the Citizen Critics' Award at the 27th Busan International Film Festival and the Festival Choice at the 48th Seoul Independent Film Festival, “Birth” goes somewhat unnoticed, but proves to be truly impactful. Delving into themes of personal choice, societal expectations, and the inherent struggle for autonomy, it emerges as a poignant reflection on the complexities of contemporary womanhood.
Birth is screening at Helsinki Cine Aasia
Jae (Han Hae-in), a promising young writer, is about to publish her new book. Geon-woo (Lee Ju-han), her roommate and lover, works as an English teacher at a private institute. Content with their lives and determined to avoid traditional commitments, their world is shattered by the unexpected news of Jae's unplanned pregnancy. While Geon-woo, on the verge of a promotion, sees this as an opportunity to fulfill his desire for a family, Jae struggles with the fear of how motherhood might affect her career aspirations.
Birth is screening at Helsinki Cine Aasia
Jae (Han Hae-in), a promising young writer, is about to publish her new book. Geon-woo (Lee Ju-han), her roommate and lover, works as an English teacher at a private institute. Content with their lives and determined to avoid traditional commitments, their world is shattered by the unexpected news of Jae's unplanned pregnancy. While Geon-woo, on the verge of a promotion, sees this as an opportunity to fulfill his desire for a family, Jae struggles with the fear of how motherhood might affect her career aspirations.
- 3/16/2024
- by Hugo Hamon
- AsianMoviePulse
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