Winter in Sokcho

France/South Korea | 2024 | French/Korean | 104 min | Drama | DCP

Synopsis

In Sokcho, a small seaside village in South Korea, Soo-Ha, 25, lives in a bit of a rut, rhythmed by visits to her mother, a fishmonger, and her relationship with her boyfriend, Jun-Ho. When a French man named Yan Kerrand arrives in the boarding house where Soo-Ha works, it awakens within her questions about her own identity, and that of her French father, of whom she knows almost nothing. As winter settles over the town, Soo-Ha and Kerrand will observe and gauge each other, trying to communicate any way they can – through cooking for one and drawing for the other – delicately weaving a fragile bond between them.

Credits

Director

Koya Kamura is a French-Japanese director born and raised in Paris. Graduated from Film University at Paris VII before studying at Keio University in Tokyo, he began his career in France at VIACOM group (MTV, GameOne) in 2007 and later joined the Walt Disney Company in 2008 as a Creative Producer and Director. Koya Kamura’s fictional directorial debut came with his short film «Homesick» in 2019, set in the Fukushima No-go-zone, which garnered acclaim and awards at major international film festivals, including a selection for the French Academy Awards (César) in 2021. In 2023, Koya directed his first feature film, «Winter in Sokcho,» starring French A-list actor Roschdy Zem and Bella Kim, filmed in Korea. Koya Kamura is currently in development on his second feature film, «Evaporated,» a dark film noir set in Fukushima.