Storyline

What is the nature of childhood resilience? Sisters Jin and Bin, ages 6 and 3, live with their mother. Jin likes school and does well. One day, their mother leaves the girls with their father's sister, a woman they do not know. The mother seeks a reconciliation with their father. She leaves them a plastic piggy bank, promising to return when the bank is full. The girls scrub and clean for their aunt, a tippler who's often cranky and complaining. She gives them a few coins for their work. They earn more money catching, grilling, and selling grasshoppers. They miss their mother. The bank fills. They watch for her from a mound of dirt. Will she return? Will stoic faces give way to a smile?—

Plot Keywords

sister sister relationship, single parent, dinner, chopsticks, down syndrome, child's point of view, singing, bus, bus stop, neighbor, grandmother granddaughter relationship, grandmother, single mother, children, little girl, school uniform, classroom, mother daughter relationship, high rise, apartment

Short Review

This very personal, naturalistic Korean film is all about emotional damage, and it's a real heartbreaker.

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Streaming Service

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