In Sokcho, a fishing town near South Korea's northern border, young Soo-ha works in a small guesthouse. She's French-Korean, but has never left the country: the world comes to her only through the stories of others. When Yan Kerrand, a French illustrator seeking inspiration for his new graphic novel, arrives at the guesthouse, a subtle bond develops between the two, made of silences, small gestures, and suppressed attractions. While the artist tries to overcome a creative block, Soo-ha finds herself unwittingly reliving her mother's emotional dynamics, sucked into a cycle of desires and disappointments.
"What's the point of drawing? To give shape to one's fantasies. At least that's what happens in A Winter in Korea, a surprising, melancholic film, almost timid in offering itself to the viewer: fragile, one might add, but of that fragility that reveals its beauty only if one applies the delicacy and grace it requires." (Paolo Mereghetti)
