Moon-young (2017)
Genre : Drama
Runtime : 1H 4M
Director : Kim So-yeon
Synopsis
Mute Moon-young records people's faces with her small camcorder on the subway. One day, she avoids her drunk father at home and films Hee-soo who is crying over saying goodbye to her boyfriend and gets caught. The two feel some sort of kinship and become closer.
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