Hong Sangsoo’s “Nowhere to Lay My Eyes” is presented as a concise, bittersweet family drama centred on Sanghee, an aspiring experimental filmmaker who spends an uneasy weekend with her estranged mother. The review argues that Kim Minhee’s restrained, melancholy performance gives emotional depth to Hong’s typically sparse script, making the film’s tensions and unspoken feelings resonate.

The 72-minute film examines the distance between Sanghee’s artistic ambitions and her practical day job importing foreign snacks, which her mother dismisses after the pair have spent a decade apart. Veteran television actor Choi Myeonggil plays the mother, while Hong regular Kwon Haehyo also appears; after premiering in Locarno’s competition, the film is due to screen at the New York Film Festival and receive a North American release through The Cinema Guild.