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You can watch Nobody's Daughter Haewon (2013) for free on Kanopy.

Haewon, a college student, wants to end her secret affair with her professor, Seongjun. Feeling depressed after bidding farewell to her mother who is set to immigrate to Canada the next day, Haewon seeks out Seongjun again after a long time. That day, they run into her classmates at a restaurant and their relationship gets revealed. Haewon gets more agitated and Seongjun makes an extreme suggestion to run away together… Haewon dreams often. Her dreams will be compared to her waking life, but none can be denied as being a part of her life.

Haewon struggles to sever the ties of a clandestine affair with her professor while grieving the impending loss of her mother. This quiet character study captures the suffocating weight of unspoken desires and the loneliness of a life lived in secret.

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