Whiskey and cigarettes, the only ways of keeping her dignity in this city.
How much are you willing to sacrifice for a "normal" life? For Mi-so, cigarettes, whiskey, and her boyfriend are non-negotiable. With inflation on the rise, life's simple pleasures come at a cost, and society's idea of success becomes more challenging to achieve. As a housekeeper, Mi-so manages to break even until one fateful day. She refuses to give up what she loves and is forced to move out of her small apartment. Microhabitat explores what regular people have given up to meet society's expectations and how real human connection grounds us in what's important. Director and Writer Jeon Go-Woon makes everything feel so intentional that it feels much more real to the audience. At the same time, however, it doesn't take itself incredibly seriously with its quirky moments. Needless to say, Jeon Go-Woon knocks it out of the park for her first feature debut, and you will just be left wanting more.
The world embraces American cinema, but love is not necessarily reciprocal. Foreign films usually remain in the Art House circuit, where they compete for a limited number of screens with homegrown indie productions, which always have the advantage of cultural immediacy. From time to time, you get an odd breakout hit, like the Korean Best Picture Oscar winner “Parasite” (Bong Joon Ho, 2018) or the Indian action hit “RRR” (S.S. Ramajouli, 2022). But for every movie that makes it to your local theater, there are hundreds, thousands, that will not.
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