Requiem For Herstory

Requiem For Herstory

2011 · 27 min · Fantasy, Drama

A young girl; a lover of music, yearns for some sense of peace and identity while suffering under the oppression of mother's demands. with a little help from her dreams and the music she loves the most, she transcends her anguish via an uncanny metamorphosis.

Directed by Minji Kang

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