When yuppie Korean-American lawyer Peter brings beauteous bride Sookhy home to suburban New Jersey, she seems withdrawn, English-challenged and easily bullied by her mother-in-law. But fate abruptly takes Peter out of the picture, leaving a curiously unperturbed Sookhy (who's descended from a line of female shamans) free to force her company on the glamorous Caucasian couple next door.
Acting
Song Hye-kyo's glacial restraint—every blink feels calculated.
Direction
Sohn weaponizes sterile Jersey interiors against themselves.
Sound
The score's guttural drones mimic ancestral possession.
Director
Soopum Sohn
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