A Traveler's Needs

A Traveler's Needs

When paths cross, souls discover each other.

202490 min6.5 / 10

A contemplative, philosophy-inflected portrait of a woman using teaching and conversation as a vehicle for self-discovery and existential inquiry in a foreign city.

Iris, a woman abroad in Seoul, teaches French and English in an idiosyncratic fashion that allows her to pursue her own philosophical and personal interests. Through four encounters over a single day, Iris probes students and strangers for information about poetry, their own histories, and their relationship to their egos.

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