gainst hazy landscapes of coastal mountain ranges and lilac clusters of alliums, begins by announcing the arrival of So-young Kim (Choi Seung-yoon). A recently widowed mother to Dong-hyun (Dohyun Noel Hwang, Ethan Hwang), who was born out of wedlock and thus unable to attain citizenship, So-young has resettled on the west coast of Canada from Korea to leave behind her grief in pursuit of new beginnings. Her son’s illegitimacy, and her late husband Won-shik’s schizophrenia—which eventually led to his suicide—have been redacted from the family tapestry, even as the curious Dong-hyun probes for answers. Roughly divided into three acts, former TV actor Anthony Shim’s follow-up to his 2019 directorial debut, , accompanies the mother-son pair as they confront the unrelenting
