“I wanted to make an action film. An action film featuring a woman.” Yeonjeong talks about her dream before a huge wave, and immediately she is throwing herself around the mat at a jiu-jitsu gym. To understand action means to understand the body, which is why she learns surfing as well as martial arts. Recovery begins at a fairly cheerful pace. Just when we start to wonder whether this is a film about the director trying different sports, Yeonjeong carefully opens the stained black box of her memories. Dark and frightening memories that no one would want to reopen appear on screen as animation, and we come to understand that her desire to make a women’s action film is tied to her trauma. Recovery is a record of the long struggle to face the darkness in one’s memories, accept oneself, and move on to the next chapter of life. In the end, Im Yeonjeong makes her dream come true with her first shot. This is the bravest self-documentary of the year and an introverted action film. (KANG Sowon)