Where’s home for me? Perhaps all humans are searching for that answer. Sub-Zero Wind by director KIM Yuri deals with this old and difficult problem. The story of Yeongha’s (KWON Hansol) family is narrated through different stages of life, but it starts and ends in a home in terms of space. When in elementary school, Yeongha’s divorced mom (SHIN Dongmi) gets a new lover and sends Yeongha to her dad along with some moving boxes. But Yeongha doesn’t get to see her dad and has to return to her mom’s house. In middle school, Yeongha lives in amity with her tenacious mom and incompetent stepdad (PARK Jonghwan) in the same house, and also feels bad for friend Mi-jin (OK Soowoon) who is taken to her relative’s house after her parents and grandmother pass away. In highschool, Yeongha is sexually assaulted by her stepdad, with whom she was closer to than her busy mom. She leaves home and tries to find a place to live with Mi-jin without any success. The sentimental touch is what makes this narrative structure richer. The tone, sounds and views that occur throughout continuously threaten the notion of home little by little, leading it to the verge of destruction. The last sequence is especially noteworthy. Yeongha stands in front of the empty house with everyone gone. Mi-jin reappears in her sight. The last shot connects the two. Maybe the film goes through such a long period of time for that exact moment. Will the girls go on a journey to find a home again? Will they bond in a different way? Is it simple despair they feel or the possibility of hope? That’s what the film seems to ask. [LEE Hookyeong]