Two women. One pool. Thirty minutes of quiet devastation.
Se-eun is a janitor who is always the first to arrive at the pool where she works. One day, she runs into an old friend who is now a swimming instructor.
Acting
Ha Seung-yeon's restrained devastation in stillness
Cinematography
Water as emotional landscape, beautifully observed
Direction
Heo Da-hee trusts silence completely
Director
Heo Da-hee
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Korean short cinema increasingly explores menopause as invisible female experience, bucking youth-obsessed industry norms.
Director Heo Da-hee emerged from independent film scene; this premiered at Busan International Film Festival's Korean Shorts Competition.
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