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Moonlit Winter (윤희에게, 2019) review: a poetic exploration of catharsis, memory and queer identity

Lim Dae-hyung’s Moonlit Winter follows a mother and daughter’s trip to Japan that becomes a reckoning with a hidden same-sex past. Through restrained performances it explores repression, guilt and intergenerational secrecy, framing physical travel as a path toward emotional thaw. A palpable emotional depth pervades virtually every scene, making for a wholly worthwhile experience. [Read More]