One Summer Night

Set against the cold, divided backdrop of Korea, *One Summer Night* is an unflinching and raw drama that plunges into the desperate aftermath of a forbidden love. In the winter of 2013, North Korean soldiers Yong Joon and Jae Sung are caught in a compromising act by a superior, shattering their world. The discovery forces Yong Joon to make a harrowing choice — he defects to South Korea, leaving Jae Sung behind and risking his life for a chance at freedom. Two years later, Yong Joon is barely surviving in Seoul, entangled in a brutally codependent and toxic relationship with Tae Kyu, a needy, childlike younger man who clings to him for survival. When Jae Sung suddenly resurfaces in the South, Yong Joon is torn between his past love and the unstable present. The film is a stark, sexually explicit exploration of poverty, trauma, and the lengths people will go for connection. With graphic realism and a tragic love triangle at its core, *One Summer Night* offers no easy answers — only the haunting, grimy truth of lives pushed to their breaking point.