On a ‘remote’ island in southern Chile, Silvia, a native of the island, names a small dog ‘Yuri’ and dotes on it as though caring for the child she never had. Unlike Silvia, who is cautious and reticent, Yuri is lively and free-spirited. When Yuri suddenly disappears one day, Silvia is forced to confront painful memories from her past that she had been avoiding. As if trying to work through unresolved trauma, Silvia tries to control Yuri, but Yuri is not so easily controlled. As the camera follows Silvia’s inner world and then, at one point, boldly leaps into Yuri’s mind, we encounter not an ‘isolated’ island, but sea, sky, earth, and wind, open to infinity and entangled with one another. It is a moment in which we truly come to sense a planetary communion. In this way, the film asks us to imagine not ‘companionship’ but ‘conflictual coexistence.’ (Jay Heejeong SOHN)