Subtitled Chick Flicks with Ice Cream

Act 1Scenes 1 and 2

By Yoshie Manaka

1. The camera opens on a lot of movement, a lot of people.

ACT 1 SCENE 1

2. The camera zooms in on Catalina, looking at a Korean sign.

3. Catalina and her mother disagree about their new home

4. Catalina sadly stares out the window of the taxi, lost in her thoughts as her voice, but not her actions, adresses the camera.

ACT 1 SCENE 2

2. After getting getting money from her mother, Catalina goes to the closest convenience store.

3. Hye-Jin and Catalina meet for the first time

4. Hye-Jin and Catalina share “dweji bars,” a.k.a. ice cream together