I can't believe there are no comments on this film. I had plans as soon as I saw the ad for this film to see it. That's like 6 or 7 months. It never came to australia until the korean film festival then it was cancelled due to a system fault (lmao). If you went to the lengths I did to try and see this film youd know it was ultimate irony.

Luckily I managed to be able to see this soon after the festival ended. This movie is about a girl with autism who has witnessed a crime committed in the house across the road the actress is the same one who plays the youngest reaper in Along With The Gods and this has really showcased her ability as an actress and I am so touched she took on this role despite how Korea may treat people with disabilities. I honestly feel this was such a good film with a really empathetic view towards people with autism.

As it goes, Sunho, Miran's defence lawyer initially befriends Jiwoo in order to understand her disability and to use it as leverage in his defence. This blindsided Jiwoos family and shatters their trust of him. Throughout this part of the film we see the writers really tried to incorporate traits common of people with autism. Jiwoo repeats things she hears, she self harms under stress and she doesnt recognise body language very well despite her mum trying to teach her. She also has a packet of sweets in which she only eats the blue ones. She's also really naive.

There are quite a few storylines in this film but I felt like the most unnecessary one was that Sunho is 45 and single living with his physically weakened father. He is constantly being badgered by his father to date one of his old classmates from university who is also a lawyer. It doesn't add much to the story except being a minor motivator for him to be more genuine and to recognise good and bad people.

The point where you think the film would be resolved is where it actually keeps going. Sunho wins the case but realises that he made a grave mistake when he hears Miran say something that Jiwoo constantly repeats. He decides to go to court again but instead of as the defence he proves that Jiwoo was right and the murder was committed by Miran. He regains the trust of her family and helps Jiwoo make friends. He's even there on her birthday after she transfers to a special school.

My favourite scene honestly was when he gave her a bottle full of her favourite sweets.

"How do you like your new school?"

"It's alright. Just a little strange."

"Why?"

"I don't have to pretend to be normal anymore."

9/10