SYNOPSIS
At young Nina¡¯s First Holy Communion, relatives visit her house in the country. Mula used to raise her sister¡¯s daughter, Nina, as her own. Providing some pieces of their stories, the film follows Mula¡¯s responses to her sister, Kaja, whose intensions are unreliable. Suddenly, their dog is missing and their mentally ill mother comes to her senses, while a priest is flustered at Holy Communion and villagers are in trouble. Are these accidents or signs of a disaster? The tense atmosphere arouses strong conviction to a malice and powerful being in their village. Tower. A Bright Day is a psychological horror movie, which builds suspense through sound design, jump cuts and dreamlike camerawork. Polish rookie Jagoda SZELC is acclaimed and it¡¯s was said that she has a style reminiscent of films like Roman POLANSKI¡¯s Rosemary¡¯s Baby (1968) or John CASSAVETES¡¯ A Woman Under The Influence when her first feature was released in the Forum of the Berlin International Film Festival. In the opening of Tower. A Bright Day, the camera moves from a square-like city to deep green forest, which gives a clue that this movie is related with supernatural things. Between spiritual tension, Catholicism and hedonism, familiar and unfamiliar things, a peaceful family and village will lose control and find themselves in trouble. [SONG Hyojoung]