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Short filmTranscript
00:00On the peaceful island of Jeju, an elderly woman lives each day in quiet sorrow.
00:10Years ago her beloved granddaughter went missing, and since then, her world has never been sane.
00:17Every morning she wakes with one silent wish, to see her again.
00:21Then one day the impossible happens, the girl returns.
00:24Today we explore a film that will break your heart, and slowly put it back together.
00:30This is the story of a movie called Canola.
00:35This sweet little girl is named Heiji, and this elderly woman beside her is Heiji's grandmother.
00:42She works as a henyo, a traditional sea diver.
00:45These women dive deep into the ocean to gather seaweed, shellfish, and other things from the seafloor.
00:50Heiji lives with her grandmother on Jeju Island.
00:52Her father has passed away, and her mother remarried someone else.
00:56But Heiji doesn't feel sad.
00:58She's happy with her grandmother, who takes care of her lovingly.
01:02They are inseparable.
01:03One day her grandmother buys her a box of colored pencils.
01:07From that day on, Heiji starts drawing all over the house.
01:12They even have a pig named Toa.
01:14One afternoon, Heiji suddenly asks her grandmother,
01:17Grandma, which is bigger, the sky or the sea?
01:19Her grandmother replies, the sea is bigger.
01:23Have you seen the end of either one?
01:25Heiji asks.
01:26Her grandmother gently says, even if I haven't seen it, I know.
01:30When you grow up, you'll understand too.
01:32That night, Heiji begins drawing a picture of her grandmother using her new colored pencils.
01:37But before she can finish coloring the hair, her grandmother tells her to sleep early.
01:41They're going to a wedding in the city the next morning.
01:43Heiji puts the colored pencils in her bag and goes to sleep beside her grandma.
01:47The next day, on their way to the wedding, they stop at a market to shop.
01:52While the grandmother is picking out things for Heiji, she suddenly realizes Heiji is gone.
01:57She searches everywhere, but she can't find her.
02:01Losing her granddaughter breaks her heart.
02:03Twelve years pass.
02:05Heiji is now a teenager.
02:06She hangs out with a girl named Minhee, and they visit a makeup store together.
02:10Minhee steals a lot of makeup from the shop.
02:13Both girls live together without any guardians.
02:16Minhee is obsessed with beauty and makeup.
02:18While Heiji has no interest in that world, she prefers to use lipstick for trying instead.
02:24Two boys, their so-called friends, show up.
02:27They bring food and get the girls to do work in return.
02:29This time, the boys ask Minhee to pretend to be a prostitute and meet with a man in a hotel room.
02:34They promise she doesn't have to do anything.
02:36Just act the part.
02:37But Minhee is terrified.
02:40So Heiji goes in her place.
02:41When the man is alone with her, the two boys enter the room and begin blackmailing him for money.
02:46The man resists.
02:48A struggle breaks out.
02:49Accidentally, the man hits his head on a piece of furniture and collapses, bleeding from the head.
02:55He might even be dead.
02:56Terrifying.
02:57The group runs away from the hotel and leaves the city behind.
03:01Now homeless, they sleep on the streets.
03:04Minhee brings back some food.
03:05While eating, they see a missing child's photo printed on a food package.
03:09It's Heiji.
03:10Even after 12 years, her grandmother is still looking for her.
03:14Meanwhile, back in Jeju Island, her grandmother continues living alone.
03:19She hasn't stopped searching for the granddaughter she lost all those years ago.
03:23Her real estate broker keeps pressuring her to sell the house.
03:26But she refuses every time.
03:29This home is full of memories and hope.
03:32She believes that one day, Heiji will return.
03:34Then, their kind neighbor Sukho visits.
03:38He loved Heiji like his own daughter.
03:40He gently suggests that maybe it's time to sell the house, to stop suffering and live the rest of her life in peace.
03:46But the grandmother firmly says no.
03:48She won't leave.
03:50Not yet.
03:50Not until Heiji comes home.
03:52And then, the phone rings.
03:54It's the police.
03:55They found Heiji.
03:56And the grandmother's heart lights up again.
03:59Afterward, Sukho and his wife Myung take the grandmother to the police station.
04:03The police reveal that when Heiji went missing, it was actually her mother who had kidnapped her.
04:08Later, her mother died in a car accident.
04:11And her stepfather left Heiji at an orphanage.
04:13The police complete all the formalities and take samples for a DNA test.
04:17Now, after a long 12 years, the grandmother finally sees Heiji again.
04:23Her heart fills with both joy and sorrow.
04:26Tears streaming down.
04:27She asks why Heiji never came back all this time.
04:31Heiji explains that her mother had told her the grandmother was dead.
04:34So she never returned.
04:35But now that she has found her grandmother, she is very happy.
04:39In celebration of Heiji's return, the whole family hosts a joyful gathering at their home.
04:45Heiji goes to her room and looks at all the drawings she made as a child.
04:49Then she takes out the box of colored pencils, the very same set she lost so long ago.
04:54Her grandmother notices and says,
04:56You still have this?
04:58On that day at the market, she had wanted to buy many nice things for Heiji.
05:02And in her happiness, she didn't realize when she let go of her granddaughter's hand.
05:06But from this day forward, they will no longer suffer.
05:09Together, they will spend their days happily.
05:12At night, everyone has a wonderful time together.
05:15After so many years, happiness has finally returned to the old grandmother's life.
05:20However, Heiji still feels out of place.
05:23The next morning, her grandmother takes her to the market again,
05:26buying many clothes, a school dress and a hair clip.
05:29But Heiji does not feel comfortable here.
05:32From a telephone booth, she calls Ming-hee.
05:35Ming-hee tells her that the man in the hotel didn't die.
05:38But the hotel authorities are demanding a large fine.
05:41Their two friends are trying their best to blame Heiji for everything.
05:45Hearing this, Heiji becomes very worried.
05:48Then, she meets a local boy named Han.
05:50When he approaches her to talk, she asks,
05:53Do you know me?
05:54Han replies,
05:55Everyone in this village knows you.
05:56He rides her on his bicycle and takes her to his home.
05:59There they talk and get to know each other.
06:02The next day, Heiji goes to school, and Han sits beside her.
06:06Meanwhile, her grandmother asks Mayim to find out who the art teacher at Heiji's school is.
06:11She wants to make her granddaughter an artist, because Heiji has loved drawing since she was a child.
06:16At school, the art teacher doesn't give a specific topic for the class's drawing.
06:20He tells the students to draw whatever they want.
06:23While all the students start drawing, Heiji remains blank.
06:26The teacher approaches and says,
06:28You can draw whatever you want.
06:30But Heiji throws down her pencil and says,
06:33Nothing is coming to my mind.
06:34Are you going to ask me to leave the class?
06:36The teacher replies firmly that until Heiji draws something, she must stay seated in the classroom.
06:41All the other students finish their drawings and leave.
06:44But Heiji is still sitting there with a blank canvas.
06:47She has no desire to draw with pencils at all.
06:50The teacher says,
06:51You're really stubborn.
06:52Go home then.
06:53Angrily, Heiji gets up and leaves.
06:55But as she steps out, her pencil bag falls, revealing her lipstick.
06:59She breaks the lipstick and starts drawing with it instead.
07:02Night falls.
07:04The teacher asks,
07:05You haven't gone home yet?
07:06What are you still doing here?
07:07I finished my drawing.
07:09Feeling upset, Heiji leaves.
07:11The teacher notices the amazing picture Heiji made using lipstick and coal.
07:15It is late at night, and the grandmother is very worried.
07:18When Heiji arrives home, her grandmother says,
07:21Come, let's eat.
07:22As they sit down to eat, the grandmother lovingly feeds Heiji her own special steamed rice dish.
07:29Though hesitant at first, Heiji eventually eats it.
07:32The next day, the art teacher calls Heiji to the school garden to draw.
07:36He asks Heiji to sketch a statue there.
07:39Heiji, excited, takes out her box of colors.
07:43But the teacher tells her to use a pencil instead.
07:45Heiji enjoys painting with colors, not sketching with pencils.
07:49It doesn't feel the same to her.
07:51Meanwhile, her grandmother speaks with Miyum about Heiji.
07:55Since her return, the grandmother has noticed that Heiji is struggling to adjust.
07:59She seems uncomfortable with the old house, the outdated bathroom, and everything around her.
08:04That's why the grandmother begins thinking about moving into a modern apartment for Heiji's sake.
08:09Later that day, Heiji finds a painting book at home by the art teacher.
08:13She starts appreciating the teacher's work more and more.
08:16Seeing her granddaughter interested in learning, the grandmother is overjoyed.
08:21She calls the real estate broker.
08:23The house she has protected and refused to sell for so many years.
08:25She's finally ready to let it go.
08:28Without any hesitation, she signs the papers to sell it.
08:32All so she can move into a better home with Heiji.
08:35At school, the art teacher also becomes determined to help Heiji grow as an artist.
08:40One day, he tells her something special.
08:42Heiji, you always focus on shadows in your work.
08:45But remember, great artists focus on the light, not just the shadows.
08:49After school, Han takes Heiji to a peaceful green spot.
08:53He plays music for her on a small speaker, trying to cheer her out.
08:57Suddenly Han's phone rings.
08:59Heiji stares at him.
09:00Han asks, do you want to call someone?
09:02Heiji nods and calls Minhee.
09:04But before Minhee can speak, the two boys grab the phone.
09:07They threaten Heiji, saying that if she doesn't send them money soon, things will go badly for Minhee.
09:13Worried, Heiji begins to panic.
09:15One day, Heiji tells the art teacher she no longer wants to draw.
09:19She doesn't want to be part of any of this anymore.
09:21The teacher quietly opens a cabinet and brings out everything Heiji's grandmother had given to support her.
09:27He says, I know your life hasn't been easy.
09:30But look at your grandmother.
09:31She's doing everything she can to give you a better life.
09:34Can't you at least try, for her?
09:36Realizing just how much her grandmother is sacrificing for her, Heiji becomes emotional.
09:40That day, the village is celebrating a sea-dive festival.
09:43Everyone, including the grandmother, is busy with the rituals.
09:47Taking this chance, Heiji sneaks into her grandmother's room to steal money from the wardroom.
09:52At the same moment, her grandmother is praying to the sea god for Heiji's happiness.
09:58She wishes for her to become a great artist, to live a joyful life.
10:02Heiji takes the bank book and heads to the bank to withdraw money.
10:06But at the last moment, she hesitates and doesn't go through with it.
10:09Back at home, when the grandmother can't find the money, she calls the police.
10:14But Myung reminds her, you lent that money to a neighbor last month, don't you remember?
10:19The grandmother had completely forgotten it.
10:21Feeling guilty, Heiji quietly returns the bank book to the wardrobe.
10:25But Sukho sees her doing it.
10:27He suspects something, and when he mentions it to the grandmother, she refuses to believe it.
10:32Later, grandmother finds Heiji smoking.
10:34When she tries to hide it, the grandmother approaches and says,
10:38Give me one too.
10:39Sitting beside her, the grandmother lights the cigarette and asks,
10:43Tell me, what's bigger, the sea or the sky?
10:46Heiji replies, the sky, of course.
10:49The grandmother smiles and says, you've grown up.
10:52Then she adds softly, no matter how hard life gets,
10:55If someone is by your side, it becomes easier to live.
10:59So live your life the way you want.
11:01I will always be here for you.
11:03I'll take care of everything else.
11:06The next day, Heiji sees her grandmother working under the sun.
11:09She gently applies sunscreen to her grandmother's face,
11:12Taking care of her with love.
11:14The grandmother feels deeply happy,
11:16Receiving this small gesture of affection from her granddaughter.
11:20Meanwhile the art teacher is still working tirelessly to help Heiji grow as an artist.
11:24And Heiji in return, takes care of her teacher too.
11:27She now wants to live as a better person.
11:29One day, she asks her grandmother if she can dive with her in the sea.
11:34But the grandmother refuses.
11:36She doesn't want Heiji to become a diver like her.
11:38Still, just to give her the experience, she brings all the diving gear,
11:43Oxygen tanks and safety equipment, and takes her into the water.
11:46There holding Heiji's hand, she shows her the breathtaking beauty of the ocean floor.
11:51That day, Heiji brings a new drawing to show her teacher.
11:55It's a portrait of her grandmother.
11:57The teacher is amazed, completely stunned by how beautifully Heiji has drawn it.
12:02He immediately submits it to an upcoming art contest in Seoul.
12:05After school, as Heiji is walking home with Han, a man suddenly calls out to her.
12:10The moment she sees him, her face changes.
12:12She quickly sends Han away and confronts the man,
12:15Asking what he's doing there and how he found her.
12:17The man is her stepfather, the same one who abandoned her at the orphanage after her mother died.
12:22He's come now to ask for money.
12:24When Heiji refuses, he threatens to go to her grandmother, but she firmly tells him not to.
12:29She says she'll find the money herself, just don't go near her grandmother.
12:33That night, Heiji shows the drawing to her grandmother.
12:37She's overwhelmed with pride and joy, seeing the love and talent in her granddaughter's work.
12:43Later that night, Heiji breaks down in tears.
12:45She pulls out the unfinished childhood sketch she once drew of her grandmother, and finally completes it.
12:51The next day, Heiji travels to Seoul with her teacher for the art contest.
12:56But before going to the venue, she secretly meets her stepfather and gives him money.
13:00The same money she had stolen from her grandmother.
13:03She tells him to leave her life forever.
13:05Then she goes to the contest.
13:07But once it ends, her teacher notices.
13:10Heiji is gone.
13:11In a letter she left behind, she wrote.
13:14Teacher, I've named this drawing Confession.
13:17Even now, I still prefer the darkness.
13:20The light is not meant for me.
13:22So, I'm leaving.
13:24Please, take care of my grandmother.
13:26Meanwhile, Sook Ho arrives at the grandmother's house with the DNA report.
13:32According to the results, Heiji is not her biological granddaughter.
13:36But the grandmother refuses to believe it.
13:39With pain buried deep in her heart, she tells Sook Ho, I don't accept this.
13:44She asks him to leave.
13:45Elsewhere, Hong feels increasingly uneasy.
13:48He keeps thinking about everything and finally decides to call the number Heiji once dialed from his phone.
13:53That's how he ends up speaking to Minhee.
13:55Later that night, Heiji meets Minhee in person.
13:58But the two boys show up as well, pressuring her for money.
14:01When she can't pay, they begin to beat her.
14:04But just then, Han arrives, with the police.
14:07It turns out Han had learned everything from Minhee and brought help just in time.
14:11Heiji is taken into custody.
14:13Her grandmother rushes to her.
14:15With tears in her eyes, she asks,
14:17Are you really not my Heiji?
14:19Everyone says you're not.
14:21But they're lying, right?
14:22You're still my Heiji, aren't you?
14:24And now, we finally learn the heartbreaking truth.
14:28This girl, is not the real Heiji.
14:30The police also bring in her father.
14:33And the full story is revealed.
14:34Years ago, Heiji was taken from the market by her mother.
14:38At that time, her mother had another daughter with her second husband.
14:41A girl named Yud.
14:43Heiji would cry constantly, begging to return to her grandmother.
14:47One day, while in the car, Heiji's mother and her husband were arguing fiercely about why she had brought Heiji back.
14:54The financial burden, and more.
14:57And then, an accident happened.
14:59In that crash, both Heiji and her mother died.
15:02The stepfather survived.
15:04Along with his own biological daughter, Yoon.
15:06At the hospital, a representative from the insurance company came and informed them that there was a life insurance policy under Yoon's name.
15:13Driven by greed, the stepfather did something unthinkable.
15:18He declared Heiji's body as Yoon's, and claimed the insurance money.
15:22He threatened young Yoon into silence.
15:24And from that day forward, even though Yoon was alive, she was declared legally dead.
15:29She was forced to live under stolen identity.
15:32As Heiji, Heiji's grandmother weeps bitterly at her real granddaughter's grave.
15:37Even after all these years, the joy of getting her back was short-lived.
15:40And now, knowing the truth, it's been taken from her again.
15:44As for Yoon, she is sentenced to one year in prison for hiding her identity, and stealing money from the grandmother's house.
15:52While in jail, she constantly thinks about Heiji, the real one.
15:56How much love Heiji must have received from her grandmother.
15:59She remembers how Heiji had once gifted her that beloved colored pencil.
16:04All around her, she sees what she has lost.
16:07Meanwhile, the grandmother is completely shattered.
16:09In her mind, she still hears the voice of little Heiji calling her.
16:13One day, the art teacher visits her and says,
16:16Heiji won the soul art contest.
16:18I've brought her painting for you.
16:19The grandmother doesn't want to accept it.
16:21But the teacher gently insists,
16:24Heiji learned to paint with light because of you.
16:26This is your painting.
16:27Please, take a look.
16:29The grandmother opens the painting and breaks down into tears.
16:32The painting is titled Confession.
16:34It shows the grandmother under the sea, holding the hands of two girls.
16:38One is the real Heiji, and the other is Yoon.
16:41They are floating together toward the light, though Yoon wasn't her real granddaughter.
16:46She saw the grandmother as her own.
16:48She had given her a place in her heart.
16:50The grandmother weeps deeply.
16:52Twelve years ago, she lost a granddaughter.
16:55And now, after finding a new one, she's lost her too.
16:58A year passes, Yoon is released from prison.
17:01She now works at a store.
17:03One day, Sukho comes to see her.
17:06He tells her that the grandmother had fallen ill and was moved to a nursing home.
17:09But one day, she left.
17:11And no one knows where she went.
17:13Yoon goes to the grandmother's room at the care home.
17:16She sees the walls filled with all of Heiji's drawings, carefully kept.
17:20There, she also finds the old missing child poster.
17:23The one from when the real Heiji disappeared.
17:25She suddenly understands where the grandmother must have gone.
17:29Yoon rushes to the same marketplace.
17:31The place where the real Heiji went missing all those years ago.
17:35After searching everywhere, she finally finds her grandmother wandering like a lost soul.
17:41Almost in a state of dementia, she has forgotten everything.
17:45Yet as she sees Yoon, she gently strokes her hair and looks at her silently,
17:49believing with all her heart that she is her Heiji.
17:53Sukho visits the real estate broker.
17:56He pleads with him to let them stay in the house the grandmother had once sold.
18:00He even offers to pay rent.
18:02The broker initially refuses.
18:04But seeing Sukho's tears, he finally agrees.
18:07Twelve years ago, everyone had decorated the house in hopes that Heiji would return.
18:12Now, everyone is once again working together.
18:15Not for a welcome party, but to renovate the old house.
18:19Because today, her grandmother is finally coming home.
18:23They even bring back the pig they once named Toa.
18:26And now, Yoon, who had once lived as Heiji, arrives home with her grandmother.
18:31Together they begin to live their days in happiness, filling the house with warmth once again.
18:37On a chilly winter morning, Yoon paints a picture of her grandmother.
18:41The old woman walks up to her and gently daps yellow paint on her cheek.
18:45They both burst into laughter, like they've returned to their childhoods.
18:49Now, Yoon takes care of her grandmother in every way possible.
18:53One day, sitting by the sea, the grandmother softly says,
18:58The sky rests upon the ocean's heart.
19:00Hearing this, Yoon realizes something profound.
19:04It's not the sky, but the ocean that is truly greater.
19:08Because the ocean can hold the reflection of the sky within it.
19:11But the sky cannot hold the ocean.
19:14That night, after tucking her grandmother into bed,
19:17Yoon finds an old tape recorder.
19:19She presses play, and hears something that shakes her soul.
19:23A message her grandmother had recorded for her while she was in prison.
19:26On a recording, her grandmother says,
19:29Heiji, I'll keep calling you that.
19:32I've known for a long time that you're not really my Heiji.
19:35The moment you said the sky was bigger, I understood.
19:39My Heiji would have said the ocean.
19:41But even after knowing this, I couldn't admit it.
19:44Because you've become my granddaughter too.
19:47You are mine, Yoon.
19:48And you must live as an artist.
19:51I've lived a hard life as a diver.
19:54But in the end, I found you.
19:57Soon I will die.
19:59But believe me, I don't want to leave you.
20:03I never want to leave you.
20:05Listening to her grandmother's voice, Yoon breaks down in tears.
20:10Please forgive me, grandma.
20:11She sobs.
20:12I'm so sorry.
20:13Please forgive me.
20:15Another season passes.
20:16Her grandmother is now in the hospital.
20:18She always loved flowers.
20:20So Yoon fills the hospital walls with paintings of canola flowers.
20:24Her grandmother smiles and says,
20:26These canola blossoms, they're the most beautiful flowers I've ever seen.
20:31Then out of nowhere, she gently holds Yoon's hand and softly calls her by name.
20:36Yoon.
20:37It's the first time she's ever said it aloud.
20:40Yoon.
20:40My time has come.
20:41Heiji has been waiting for me.
20:43Yoon, eyes filled with tears, asks.
20:46Then, what will happen to me?
20:48Her grandmother replies.
20:50You must live, Yoon.
20:51Live a full and beautiful life.
20:54Thank you, for becoming my granddaughter.
20:56I will never forget you.
20:58Not even in the afterlife.
21:00And with those final words, the grandmother passes away peacefully.
21:04Yoon, now truly Heiji, holds her tightly, crying, goodbye, grandma.
21:09I promise I will live a beautiful life.
21:12Just like you wanted.
21:14In the final scene, we see the grandmother once again.
21:17She's happily running through a field of canola flowers.
21:20Holding hands with her little granddaughter.
21:23Now, they are together forever.
21:25And then we see Yoon.
21:26A grown woman.
21:28A successful artist.
21:29She's opened her own art gallery.
21:31Her paintings are displayed with pride.
21:33All her neighbors, her teacher, everyone is proud of who she's become.
21:38And that's where the story ends.
21:41If this story moved you, please like, comment and share.
21:46Bye bye.
21:51Bye bye.
21:51Bye bye.
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