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Koya Kamura’s Toronto Premiere ‘Winter in Sokcho’: A Dance Between Art and Isolation
Kamura’s debut feature follows the intertwining lives of a local woman and a French artist against the backdrop of Sokcho’s wintry solitude.
Set in the wintry seaside town of Sokcho, South Korea, the film, an adaptation of Elisa Shua Dusapin’s novel, captures the delicate unraveling of a young woman’s search for identity and the complexities of human connection. Soo-ha, portrayed by newcomer Bella Kim, leads a tranquil yet bleak existence, her days spent working at a modest guesthouse in the off-season. So when I read Elisa Shua Dusapin’s book “Winter in Sokcho” where we follow this young woman who never knew her father, I was captivated and I felt connected to this question of identity.
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