THE TEMPLE OF APRIL

Young-hye runs a knitting workshop and lives alone when her estranged mother, who abandoned her during childhood, unexpectedly returns. Preparing to enter a nursing home, her mother offers Young-hye a house in exchange for taking care of her until her death. Young-hye accepts the offer and eventually finds herself living in a house far too large for one person. Hoping to create a home where no one has to remain alone, she begins inviting people she encounters into the house. However, the residents struggle to adjust to one another. Despite Young-hye's good intentions, their differences, personal histories, and emotional wounds lead to discomfort and conflict. The home she imagined as a place of refuge becomes a space where the difficulties of living together cannot be ignored. Meanwhile, across the sea in Cambodia, a prayer filled with hope echoes through a temple. Someone once believed to be lost forever returns from the water to the land. As these seemingly distant lives intersect, The Temple of April explores whether people who have been hurt and separated from others can find ways to remain together without giving up on one another.