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Ivy

5.520201h 39mHDSUB43,929 views

Director: HAN Jay
Cast: HAN Jay

Storyline

Eunsoo and Yewon, a same-sex couple, live happily together. One day, a terrible car accident occurs: Eunsoo is seriously injured and her sister Eunhae dies. Eunsoo is disabled, and Eunhae's daughter Soomin becomes an orphan. Now Eunsoo and Yewon can take care of Soomin. The film questions the meaning of family. After the accident, Yewon says, 'Aren't we a family? How can someone lose a family member because of what happened?' Eunsoo replies, 'Family? Who recognizes us as a family?' The three women live together as Yewon wishes, hoping to become a family. They seem to spend each day routinely walking on the beach, living like a happy (similar) family. But just like Eunsoo's desperate response, the world's norms prevent them from becoming a family. The film's true virtue lies in its ending. It does not have a happy or sad ending; like Do Jonghwan's poem 'Ivy,' it insists on the slow path to happiness, not rushing even when taking detours.