

15 minutes. One cup of tea. A lifetime of hospital ghosts.
Eunjae, a nurse, reminisces about the days at the hospital while having tea at Seoun’s traditional Korean tea house.
Cinematography
Serene tea house compositions against clinical flashbacks.
Acting
Sohn Su-hyun's restrained, weary glances say everything.
Director
Lee Min-hwa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Korean tea culture emphasizes 'emptying' the mind; the film mirrors this by emptying Eunjae's hospital memories into something digestible, literally and emotionally.
Director Lee Min-hwa shot this during actual hospital night shifts as a film student, using real exhausted nurses as script consultants.