Within the director’s precise framing and cool rhythm, it is actor Son Ye-jin who fills the screen with the warmth of everyday life. With the smallest pause, a fleeting glance or a shift in breath, she restores emotions that feel possible in real life. Having become a mother in real life, Son said in an interview that her lines with the child in the film included expressions she could not have imagined before marriage. Returning to the screen for the first time in seven years, Son fills her absence with depth and craft. The film has already gained international recognition, premiering in competition at Venice before winning the newly established Audience Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, which honors the most popular international film outside Canada and the United States.