It is not easy to describe Autumn Note from the plot alone. In this film, Soo-in, who majored in piano and currently teaches children at a private academy, prepares for a recital for newbies. The academy is scheduled to close soon, she goes to her parents’ home to meet her family, as someone close to her has passed away, and her relationship with her boyfriend becomes uncertain. The director does not give detailed information about what could be believed as something similar to an event. Instead, the film describes Soo-in’s seemingly mundane daily life in great detail, and her presence is not prominent even within the flow of her routine. Soo-in does not raise her voice or show any signs of anger, and she only ever speaks softly. Paradoxically, her emotions seem most intense when she reveals her inner self through her ambiguous facial expressions. Her gestures and postures within the scenes seem to expose her inner thoughts. The co-winner of Grand Prize with Scattered Night (2019) in the Korean Competition at the 20th Jeonju International Film Festival, director Kim Sol materializes the loneliness and desolation soaked into the autumn air in Autumn Note. (MOON Seok)