I really liked House of Hummingbird a lot, a film I watched in July. It’s a Korean coming of age drama from last year, directed by Bora Kim, about a 14-year old girl in 1994 Seoul struggling with feeling like a nobody at school, and having a crappy family in which her parents ignore her and her brother beats her. It’s a very quiet and engaging drama that felt complex, and I liked how it was just about her working to cope with awful crap in her life, without much escape, and that the only positive influence in her life is a nice teacher who takes her abuse seriously. The sequence in which she gets caught shoplifting some petty items and the conflict that arises from it was one of the standout scenes of the movie, like a total crossroads between frustrations with herself, her best friend, her family, and the shopkeeper. The movie also weaves in a real-life tragedy of a bridge collapse that happened back then, and it’s pretty heartbreaking in how it impacts her life. I heard of this movie from a film podcast, and am glad I checked it out.
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