22nd New York Asian Film Festival

Jul 14-30, 2023

Photo: ©KAFA(Korean Academy of Film Arts)

North American Premiere

Greenhouse

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Moon Jung lives in a makeshift vinyl greenhouse as she saves up to get a proper apartment for when her son gets out of juvenile detention. She works as a caretaker for a disabled elderly couple while trying to cope with her own, often debilitating psychological troubles in a local community therapy group. As hard as she tries, nothing seems to go her way. Soon sinister situations lead to disastrous accidents until everything starts to spiral out of control. This gripping slow-burn drama-cum-thriller deftly takes on a multitude of social and human issues, digging below the surfaces of its characters’ daily appearances to reveal stark emotional truths. Recalling the work of Lee Chang Dong, writer-editor-director Lee Sol-hui’s striking feature debut proves her a new visionary as she deftly balances a pervasive sense of dread with candid compassion.

Director: Lee Sol-hui
Cast: Kim Seo-hyung, Yang Jae-sung, Shin Yeon-sook
Languages: Korean with English subtitles
2022; 100 min.; DCP

SCHEDULE:

Saturday July 22, 8:35pm
Barrymore Film Center

Intro & Q&A with director Lee Sol-hui.

Thursday July 27, 6:30pm
Film at Lincoln Center

Lee Sol-hui
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Lee Sol-hui graduated from the Department of Film, Television and Multimedia at Sungkyunkwan University before studying directing at the Korean Academy of Film Arts. She directed several short films that went to film festivals, including The End of That Summer (2017) and Look-alike (2020), before her graduation work, Anthill (2021), was selected for the Busan International Film Festival. Greenhouse is her first feature film.