The House of Us(HKAFF 2019)

With her parents’ marriage on the brink of collapse, precarious 12-year-old Hana tries to put together a family trip she thinks will solve everyone’s problems. In turn, she finds solace by becoming the de facto big sister to two girls whose parents are away for work. In the highly anticipated follow-up to her critically acclaimed debut The World of Us, writer-director Yoon Ga-eun once again offers delicate insights of the inner lives of young girls facing adult issues spinning beyond their control. Gentle, melancholic and heartrending, this coming-of-age drama firmly places Yoon as one of the best up-and-coming filmmakers in Korea today.