South Korea/2009/89 mins/subtitled/PG. Dir: So Yong Kim. With Hee Yeon Kim, Song Hee Kim.
When their mother leaves to find their estranged father, seven-yearold Jin and her younger sister Bin are left in the care of their cranky Aunt, with only a small piggy bank and their mother’s promise to return when it’s full. The girls count the days, and coins, in eager anticipation of their mother’s homecoming. But when the bank fills up and there’s no sign of her return, the children are sent to live on their grandparent’s farm and it is here that Jin comes to learn the true importance of family bonds.
A work of diaphanous and fugitive beauty. ***** – The Telegraph
****- Total Film. ****- Empire. ****-The Times
"Kim once again has a distinct way of letting her camera observe her characters with kind thoughtfulness, allowing for a quiet mood to wash over the scenes" — Variety
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