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Director’s Profile

Lee Seungwon’s feature debut, Communication and Lies (2015), screened in the New Currents at Busan International Film Festival 2015, winning a NETPAC Award and Actress of the Year Award. The film then had its international premiere at International Film Festival Rotterdam 2016, and has since received much critical acclaim. His second feature, Happy Bus Day (2017), had its world premiere at Hong Kong International Film Festival 2017, winning the FIPRESCI Prize, and also screened at Jeonju International Film Festival 2017, in the Korean Competition.

Synopsis

Three sisters live in different ways, burying an unfortunate past into their hearts. Mi-yeon, a choir conductor , leads a wellrounded life as the spouse of a professor husband. Mi-ok is a reckless writer who lives immaturely, the eldest sister Hee-sook barely sustains her miserable life. They are now unhappy, stuck to the past with their own reasons.

Achievements

2020 Busan International Film Festival
2020 Jeonju International Film Festival
2021 Osaka Asian Film Festival
2021 Baeksang Arts Awards - Best Supporting Actress
2021 Buil Film Awards - Best Supporting Actress
2021 Busan Film Critics Association ? Best Supporting Actress
2021 Chunsa Film Art Awards
2021 Korean Association of Film Critics Awards ? Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress
Released in Korea

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