The Apartment with Two Women. 2021. Directed by Kim Se-in

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The Apartment with Two Women. 2021. South Korea. Directed by Kim Se-in. Courtesy JD Kim.

The Apartment with Two Women. 2021. South Korea. Directed by Kim Se-in. In Korean; English subtitles. 139 min.

Living together in a cramped city apartment, middle-aged single mother Su-kyung and her twentysomething daughter Yi-jung have long since settled into a relationship of simmering mutual resentment. Escalating frustrations in both of their lives—romantic, professional, and certainly domestic—drive them to a boiling point, and a shocking act allows Yi-jung to come to terms with the years of abuse she believes she has suffered. This nerve-jangling yet emotionally cleansing debut feature from Kim Se-in settles deep into the psychological folds of a parent and child caught in a vicious cycle of violence and dependency, and features a pair of lived-in, ruthlessly unsentimental performances by Lym Ji-ho and Yang Mal-bok.

This film accompanies New Directors/New Films 2022.

Past events

Sat, Apr 30, 2022, 12:00 p.m.

Followed by a conversation with Kim Se-in

Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater
Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 6:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2/T1, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2

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