House of Hummingbird

Her parents, especially her father, tend to ignore her needs and life in favor of helping her older brother, who abuses her physically and verbally.

Eun-hee discovers that Ms. Kim has quit her position at the school, and attempts to meet her as she is coming to collect her things, but an error on the part of another teacher causes her to be too late to see her, leaving her devastated.

Distraught, she argues with her parents that night about her behavior and insults her brother for his poor grades despite his special attention.

Early one morning, Eun-hee and her siblings drive to view the collapsed bridge, where she is overcome by tears as she accepts her grief and comes to terms with her loss.

The next morning, the family eats breakfast together in harmony—with all the siblings treated equally and paid attention to—before Eun-hee departs for school.

Kim Bora, who also wrote the script as well as directing draws from her own childhood as inspiration for this coming of age film,[8] focusing on a pivotal moment in her life, the collapse of the Seongsu bridge in 1994.

Her intended outcome as stated in an interview by Marina D. Ritcher was to create a, "fictional film based on very personal experiences.

"[11] Cinematographer Kang Kuk-hyun's goal was to remain as true to the time period as possible and make the film as realistic looking as possible.

"[11] Matija Strniša, who wrote the music for House of Hummingbird, won the best original score for his work at the Valencia International Film Festival.

The site's critical consensus reads, "A striking debut for writer-director Kim Bora, House of Hummingbird delicately captures a turning point in one young woman's life.

[14] Tomris Laffly from Variety describes the film as capturing the "soft-hued timeless look" of a time period that remains somewhat "hazy."

While she does admit the movie may have been too long for its premise, overall she states it "fleeting reality of female adolescence with sympathy" and entwines the "workings of both family and society.

[16] Andrew Bundy from The Playlist talks about how the film explores the fine line of "harsh and heartfelt communication" which Yeong-ji helps Eun-hee discover it difference all comes down to personal understanding.