Your microwave judges your life choices. Hers falls in love with them.
One day, a wannabe science fiction writer struggling with lonely and gloomy life hears the sound of the microwave talking to her.
Acting
Moon Ji-won carries 27 minutes of solo screen time effortlessly.
Direction
Kwon Chan-young finds poetry in cramped apartments and leftover kimchi.
Writing
Dialogue that makes an appliance feel more alive than most rom-com leads.
Director
Kwon Chan-young
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Reflects South Korea's 'hon-bam' (eating alone) phenomenon and rising single-person households, where appliance companionship isn't entirely fictional.
The 27-minute runtime mirrors microwave cooking times—Kwon Chan-young literally structured pacing around the appliance itself.
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