This beautifully shot melodrama is set in the 1920s. Sun-Yi is a country girl married off at 16 to a 10-year-old doctor’s son. Years later, when husband brings home a student girlfriend, Sun-Yi leaves to try to build a life for herself. Slowly, she develops independence and a sense of identity. A well-crafted, quietly moving tale structured around the passing of seasons and rhythms of the land.