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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.

Rather than a typical immigrant narrative, this quiet study focuses on the intellectual curiosity of a lonely expatriate. A single day in Seoul transforms into a series of philosophical interrogations through the eyes of a woman searching for poetry in the mundane.

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